John Q. Public
@publius24.bsky.social
Former paper pusher for the deep state. Misanthropic humanist. Lover of art, literature, cinema, and all other humanistic endeavors.
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John Q. Public
@publius24.bsky.social
· Aug 25
I took a photo of the president’s latest portrait unfurled outside a federal building.
This one is outside the U.S. Department of Labor.
This one is outside the U.S. Department of Labor.
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“As a matter of plain reality, an unarmed speedboat, even if it is carrying cocaine, is not a warship. And none of the 11 people aboard — not merely the two initial survivors, but also the nine people the U.S. military killed in its first strike — were fighting anyone.”
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
“As a matter of plain reality, an unarmed speedboat, even if it is carrying cocaine, is not a warship. And none of the 11 people aboard — not merely the two initial survivors, but also the nine people the U.S. military killed in its first strike — were fighting anyone.”
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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*taps mic*
Ahem
THE US MILITARY IS NOT APOLITICAL, IT IS NONPARTISAN. BY ITS VERY EXISTENCE IT IS POLITICAL.
Please disseminate to the highest levels because they still aren’t getting it
That is all. Carry on.
Ahem
THE US MILITARY IS NOT APOLITICAL, IT IS NONPARTISAN. BY ITS VERY EXISTENCE IT IS POLITICAL.
Please disseminate to the highest levels because they still aren’t getting it
That is all. Carry on.
December 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
*taps mic*
Ahem
THE US MILITARY IS NOT APOLITICAL, IT IS NONPARTISAN. BY ITS VERY EXISTENCE IT IS POLITICAL.
Please disseminate to the highest levels because they still aren’t getting it
That is all. Carry on.
Ahem
THE US MILITARY IS NOT APOLITICAL, IT IS NONPARTISAN. BY ITS VERY EXISTENCE IT IS POLITICAL.
Please disseminate to the highest levels because they still aren’t getting it
That is all. Carry on.
Hey @kenwhite.bsky.social,
Is it advisable to disrespect a judge like this who has expressed a willingness to push forward on criminal contempt charges because “justice requires [it]”?
Is it advisable to disrespect a judge like this who has expressed a willingness to push forward on criminal contempt charges because “justice requires [it]”?
DOJ tells Judge Boasberg that Noem, Blanche, and Mazzara have no more to say than the nothing they have already said and urges him to refer them for criminal contempt or not without requiring further testimony. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hey @kenwhite.bsky.social,
Is it advisable to disrespect a judge like this who has expressed a willingness to push forward on criminal contempt charges because “justice requires [it]”?
Is it advisable to disrespect a judge like this who has expressed a willingness to push forward on criminal contempt charges because “justice requires [it]”?
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NEW: Kristi Noem, Todd Blanche, and Joseph Mazzara identify themselves (and now-judge Emil Bove) as the decision-makers involved in directing deportation flights to El Salvador despite Judge Boasberg's order. Their declarations are otherwise substance-free. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741...
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
NEW: Kristi Noem, Todd Blanche, and Joseph Mazzara identify themselves (and now-judge Emil Bove) as the decision-makers involved in directing deportation flights to El Salvador despite Judge Boasberg's order. Their declarations are otherwise substance-free. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741...
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
Pop culture has always been dumb and derivative but I still encourage folks to push the boundaries of culture, because it makes life far more interesting and enjoyable
Pop culture is steadily getting simpler, dumber, more repetitive, and less innovative, mainly because giant piratic entertainment conglomerates don't like to take risks.
You don't have to passively accept this! Fight it!
You don't have to passively accept this! Fight it!
Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?
An emerging critical consensus argues that we’ve entered a cultural dark age. I’m not so sure.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Pop culture has always been dumb and derivative but I still encourage folks to push the boundaries of culture, because it makes life far more interesting and enjoyable
Me in the Georgetown Todd Snyder
how it feels to try something on in a store you have no right to try on
December 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Me in the Georgetown Todd Snyder
Too many of you are focused on a McDonald’s Happy Meal FIFA Peace Prize toy so I’m going to log off and touch grass
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Too many of you are focused on a McDonald’s Happy Meal FIFA Peace Prize toy so I’m going to log off and touch grass
Were the COVID school closures worth the long-term effects on early childhood learning? How long was too long to keep them closed?
Is draconian immigration enforcement worth the risk of widespread civil unrest?
These are legitimate questions that are NOT answered by “your government knows best.”
Is draconian immigration enforcement worth the risk of widespread civil unrest?
These are legitimate questions that are NOT answered by “your government knows best.”
Liberty and safety will always be at odds, and the way forward is NOT “jam it down their throats” the same way that the way forward on immigration enforcement is NOT “jam it down their throats.”
December 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Were the COVID school closures worth the long-term effects on early childhood learning? How long was too long to keep them closed?
Is draconian immigration enforcement worth the risk of widespread civil unrest?
These are legitimate questions that are NOT answered by “your government knows best.”
Is draconian immigration enforcement worth the risk of widespread civil unrest?
These are legitimate questions that are NOT answered by “your government knows best.”
Y’all, this ain’t it…
We're going to have to jam civilization and science down some people's throats.
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Y’all, this ain’t it…
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The sleep of reason produces monsters https://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/the-sleep-of-reason-produces-monsters-1799
December 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The sleep of reason produces monsters https://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/the-sleep-of-reason-produces-monsters-1799
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The most important thing we need to build right now is a liberalism with teeth. We value an open, democratic society, but movements whose express aim is to undermine that society should feel the full violence of the state. Fascists should spend their lives trembling in obscurity.
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The most important thing we need to build right now is a liberalism with teeth. We value an open, democratic society, but movements whose express aim is to undermine that society should feel the full violence of the state. Fascists should spend their lives trembling in obscurity.
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Stop appearing on far-right propaganda networks. Stop posting on their trash sites. Stop sitting on panels with them. Stop being friends with them. Don't shake their hands. Don't try to meet them halfway. Don't gotta hand it to them. Ever. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
December 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Stop appearing on far-right propaganda networks. Stop posting on their trash sites. Stop sitting on panels with them. Stop being friends with them. Don't shake their hands. Don't try to meet them halfway. Don't gotta hand it to them. Ever. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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I just want some of these fucking people to face real consequences
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I just want some of these fucking people to face real consequences
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Remember: I promise you that you do not hate these people enough.
December 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Remember: I promise you that you do not hate these people enough.
Ahh, yes, bringing stability to the Western Hemisphere and discouraging mass migration by destabilizing the entire Western Hemisphere with military action and creating new waves of migrating refugees
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Ahh, yes, bringing stability to the Western Hemisphere and discouraging mass migration by destabilizing the entire Western Hemisphere with military action and creating new waves of migrating refugees
It means exactly what you think it means
What does "majority non-European" mean?
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It means exactly what you think it means
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Hakeem Jeffries Calls For Execution Of Central Park Five
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Hakeem Jeffries Calls For Execution Of Central Park Five
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Kash Patel on Newsmax claims on Newsmax that the Biden FBI intentionally did not solve the pipe bomber case
December 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Kash Patel on Newsmax claims on Newsmax that the Biden FBI intentionally did not solve the pipe bomber case
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Yeah, a House member needs to send up that impeachment flag. This is illegal, immoral, dangerous behavior — that is also likely unconstitutional as well.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Yeah, a House member needs to send up that impeachment flag. This is illegal, immoral, dangerous behavior — that is also likely unconstitutional as well.