John Sheehan
@jsheehan901.bsky.social
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Guitarist, occasional song-writer, longtime Dem. Support democracy, the rule of law, science, women's rights, and be kind. Kindness and empathy are strengths, not weaknesses. 🚫DMs - I MEAN IT 🚫Crypto 🚫Porn #TheResistance 💙💙💙💙 #BlueCrew 🇺🇦🇮🇪
Guitarist, occasional song-writer, longtime Dem. Support democracy, the rule of law, science, women's rights, and be kind. Kindness and empathy are strengths, not weaknesses. 🚫DMs - I MEAN IT 🚫Crypto 🚫Porn #TheResistance 💙💙💙💙 #BlueCrew 🇺🇦🇮🇪
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John Sheehan
@jsheehan901.bsky.social
· Jan 22
Make that 168 years now, since Dred Scott. The John Roberts Court is corrupt.
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And yet this pitiful and thirsty Trump suck up is sitting right there at the @nytimes.com event. Hmm. 🧐
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
And yet this pitiful and thirsty Trump suck up is sitting right there at the @nytimes.com event. Hmm. 🧐
They’re robbing us blind in plain sight. Congressional oversight…what’s that? Grrrrrrr…
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
They’re robbing us blind in plain sight. Congressional oversight…what’s that? Grrrrrrr…
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Initial thoughts:
- Natl political landscape has shifted 8+ points towards the Ds, making flipping the House likely, and putting the Senate in play
- @aftynbehn.bsky.social was a tremendous candidate, and deserves our thanks
- Let's win Miami next Tuesday 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/despite-rs...
- Natl political landscape has shifted 8+ points towards the Ds, making flipping the House likely, and putting the Senate in play
- @aftynbehn.bsky.social was a tremendous candidate, and deserves our thanks
- Let's win Miami next Tuesday 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/despite-rs...
Despite Rs Spending Millions Dems Contest A +22 Trump District Tonight. It's Another Deeply Encouraging Result For Us
We have one more to win in 2025 - Eileen Higgins for Mayor of Miami next Tuesday
www.hopiumchronicles.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Initial thoughts:
- Natl political landscape has shifted 8+ points towards the Ds, making flipping the House likely, and putting the Senate in play
- @aftynbehn.bsky.social was a tremendous candidate, and deserves our thanks
- Let's win Miami next Tuesday 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/despite-rs...
- Natl political landscape has shifted 8+ points towards the Ds, making flipping the House likely, and putting the Senate in play
- @aftynbehn.bsky.social was a tremendous candidate, and deserves our thanks
- Let's win Miami next Tuesday 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/despite-rs...
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After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to @kutnews.bsky.social and The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s i...
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to @kutnews.bsky.social and The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
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Pete Hegseth is the kind of liar who thinks confidence and a loud voice can substitute for truth. It doesn’t.
PS- none of this should be making old man Trump drowsy.
PS- none of this should be making old man Trump drowsy.
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Pete Hegseth is the kind of liar who thinks confidence and a loud voice can substitute for truth. It doesn’t.
PS- none of this should be making old man Trump drowsy.
PS- none of this should be making old man Trump drowsy.
This is the kind of fascist garbage being foisted upon a gullible audience of Fox rubes every day, 24x7. They act as if we can't trust our own eyes, that masked goons who refuse to show badges should be trusted. They are kidnapping and disappearing innocent people off our streets.
Homan threatens to arrest Mpls police chief O'Hara for expressing concern about ICE tactics: "Bottom line is when ICE or Border Patrol shows up, they'll have gear on, & they may be wearing a mask to protect from doxxing themselves and their children...he ought to put his badge in the dust drawer"
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is the kind of fascist garbage being foisted upon a gullible audience of Fox rubes every day, 24x7. They act as if we can't trust our own eyes, that masked goons who refuse to show badges should be trusted. They are kidnapping and disappearing innocent people off our streets.
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Homan threatens to arrest Mpls police chief O'Hara for expressing concern about ICE tactics: "Bottom line is when ICE or Border Patrol shows up, they'll have gear on, & they may be wearing a mask to protect from doxxing themselves and their children...he ought to put his badge in the dust drawer"
December 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Tennessee right now in a district that was Trump +22:
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Tennessee right now in a district that was Trump +22:
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Admiral Holsey is to this serial murder in the Caribbean as Hugh Thompson was to the butchery at My Lai --
that is to say a great American and a lone, solitary credit to its armed forces in a moment when a great and unremovable stain was put upon the honor of the entire American military.
that is to say a great American and a lone, solitary credit to its armed forces in a moment when a great and unremovable stain was put upon the honor of the entire American military.
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
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Admiral Holsey is to this serial murder in the Caribbean as Hugh Thompson was to the butchery at My Lai --
that is to say a great American and a lone, solitary credit to its armed forces in a moment when a great and unremovable stain was put upon the honor of the entire American military.
that is to say a great American and a lone, solitary credit to its armed forces in a moment when a great and unremovable stain was put upon the honor of the entire American military.
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Breaking News: The Trump Administration is launching an operation targeting Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, according to an official and newly obtained documents.
New ICE Operation Is Said to Target Somali Migrants in Minneapolis and St. Paul
The move comes as President Trump has attacked Somalis with increasingly inflammatory rhetoric in recent days.
nyti.ms
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Breaking News: The Trump Administration is launching an operation targeting Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, according to an official and newly obtained documents.
Amen. Take names and numbers.
ICE agents are child abusers and should be prosecuted as such.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Amen. Take names and numbers.
This is a great question. ⬇️⬇️
It should be taken seriously. We have a lot of work to do.
CC: @djrothkopf.bsky.social You're the only other one I know who seems to be looking that far ahead.
It should be taken seriously. We have a lot of work to do.
CC: @djrothkopf.bsky.social You're the only other one I know who seems to be looking that far ahead.
Is anyone on the left developing our equivalent of Project 2025? Suppose a Democrat wins the White House in 2028… what will they do—specifically, in detail, department-by-department—to set things right and prevent a relapse?
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This is a great question. ⬇️⬇️
It should be taken seriously. We have a lot of work to do.
CC: @djrothkopf.bsky.social You're the only other one I know who seems to be looking that far ahead.
It should be taken seriously. We have a lot of work to do.
CC: @djrothkopf.bsky.social You're the only other one I know who seems to be looking that far ahead.
This despicable, craven regime.
After slow-walking critical funding for lifesaving research, the Trump administration has sabotaged the NIH grantmaking process so that researchers get LESS money on average and LESS time to use it.
No one is asking to fund less cancer research, but that's what's happening.
No one is asking to fund less cancer research, but that's what's happening.
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This despicable, craven regime.
For years I have contended that if you take all Republican beliefs abt how to run a country (into the ground) and ran them to their logical conclusion, the result would be a failed state something like Somalia. Their policies say they love Somalia: no regs, warlords, might=right, guns everywhere.
here's Trump's full racist rant about MN's Somali community: "Somalians ripped off that state for billions. And they contribute nothing... Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work... They come from hell & do nothing but bitch. We don't want them"
December 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
For years I have contended that if you take all Republican beliefs abt how to run a country (into the ground) and ran them to their logical conclusion, the result would be a failed state something like Somalia. Their policies say they love Somalia: no regs, warlords, might=right, guns everywhere.
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They contribute a lot more to this country than he does
here's Trump's full racist rant about MN's Somali community: "Somalians ripped off that state for billions. And they contribute nothing... Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren't people that work... They come from hell & do nothing but bitch. We don't want them"
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
They contribute a lot more to this country than he does
"...a spokesperson for the Times declined to comment..."
WTAF?
Why?
WTAF?
Why?
That’s not actually what the Times did, but this is a hilarious example of how much the trump administration anonymously and on the record wants to shovel the blame elsewhere.
As to why, @premthakker.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social and I have new reporting on that later tonight at @zeteo.com
As to why, @premthakker.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social and I have new reporting on that later tonight at @zeteo.com
Pentagon spokesperson expresses gratitude to NYTimes for its story that takes a different tack from the Washpost piece on the Caribbean boat bombing
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"...a spokesperson for the Times declined to comment..."
WTAF?
Why?
WTAF?
Why?
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I was the reporter on this, as you can see below, and they used to be sorry for their mistakes instead of being indignantly defensive.
The rapey book guy?
Sounds like he's feeling belated regret on his part.
Sounds like he's feeling belated regret on his part.
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I was the reporter on this, as you can see below, and they used to be sorry for their mistakes instead of being indignantly defensive.
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Some of what they do is malevolent. Some of it is idiotic. And some of it is malevolent and idiotic.
BREAKING: President Trump declared that all of former President Biden’s pardons are now “invalid.” There is no legal mechanism for presidents to revoke their predecessors’ pardons but if Trump is taken seriously, thousands could be thrown into legal chaos.
Trump Claims Former President Joe Biden’s Pardons Are Invalid
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Some of what they do is malevolent. Some of it is idiotic. And some of it is malevolent and idiotic.
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So, any pardons a president issues can be reversed by his successor? Noted.
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
So, any pardons a president issues can be reversed by his successor? Noted.
Grrrrr......
Did I miss the vote on extending the ACA subsidies that was the hard won triumph that caused a group of Dems to vote to end the shutdown? How did that go?
December 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Grrrrr......
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Our leader is having repeated trouble staying awake at public events he's hosting; is acting more erratically online and in public; is making decisions that are doing clear material harm to the country & our allies. Simply, his declining health must become a bigger issue.
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“.. A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds of the meeting Tuesday showed that during nine separate instances, Trump’s eyes were closed for extended periods or he appeared to struggle to keep them open, amounting cumulatively to nearly six minutes.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Our leader is having repeated trouble staying awake at public events he's hosting; is acting more erratically online and in public; is making decisions that are doing clear material harm to the country & our allies. Simply, his declining health must become a bigger issue.
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Many don’t realize that immigration judges are part of the executive branch not the judicial branch under U.S. law. They are being purged to install what Kristi Noem calls “deportation judges.” We need reform—and independent immigration judges.
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Many don’t realize that immigration judges are part of the executive branch not the judicial branch under U.S. law. They are being purged to install what Kristi Noem calls “deportation judges.” We need reform—and independent immigration judges.
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Watching the president's cabinet polishing the president's undercarriage while live on television turns out to be a whole lot more boring (and even more repugnant) than you might have imagined it to be.
December 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Watching the president's cabinet polishing the president's undercarriage while live on television turns out to be a whole lot more boring (and even more repugnant) than you might have imagined it to be.
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If you work at a federal prison and know about wrongdoing, we want to hear from you.
We’re especially interested in tips about the priorities of Bureau of Prisons’ leadership, contracting and budget decisions, and concerns about abuses of power:
We’re especially interested in tips about the priorities of Bureau of Prisons’ leadership, contracting and budget decisions, and concerns about abuses of power:
Do You Work at a Federal Prison? Help ProPublica Investigate the Federal Prison System
If you work at a federal prison and know about wrongdoing, we want to hear from you.
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If you work at a federal prison and know about wrongdoing, we want to hear from you.
We’re especially interested in tips about the priorities of Bureau of Prisons’ leadership, contracting and budget decisions, and concerns about abuses of power:
We’re especially interested in tips about the priorities of Bureau of Prisons’ leadership, contracting and budget decisions, and concerns about abuses of power:
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The Orban playbook: use the regulatory powers of the state to ensure media is owned by your allies who turn it into propaganda for the regime.
Here’s Trump intervening to help his ally Ellison’s bid for Warner Bros (and CNN).
Here’s Trump intervening to help his ally Ellison’s bid for Warner Bros (and CNN).
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Orban playbook: use the regulatory powers of the state to ensure media is owned by your allies who turn it into propaganda for the regime.
Here’s Trump intervening to help his ally Ellison’s bid for Warner Bros (and CNN).
Here’s Trump intervening to help his ally Ellison’s bid for Warner Bros (and CNN).