John Chalos
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"Bringing the mind under control is a thing done only in the beginning." ~ Takuan Soho
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After the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, I'm glad Minnesota Governor Walz called in the National Guard. The GENERAL STRIKE made a big impact. Boycotting key companies will also work -- think of it as defunding rogue billionaires. Defund ICE. Abolish ICE. No secret police. (1)
January 27, 2026 at 9:11 AM
After the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, I'm glad Minnesota Governor Walz called in the National Guard. The GENERAL STRIKE made a big impact. Boycotting key companies will also work -- think of it as defunding rogue billionaires. Defund ICE. Abolish ICE. No secret police. (1)
A witness from the doughnut shop says what he saw leading up to the shooting.
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Witness recounts deadly ICE shooting
YouTube video by CNN
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January 27, 2026 at 8:40 AM
A witness from the doughnut shop says what he saw leading up to the shooting.
youtube.com/shorts/suMO3...
youtube.com/shorts/suMO3...
I've seen dumb people repeat mantras like, "FAFO," but that's not what happened in Minneapolis. Those protesting ICE know the risks. Those who died thought it was worth it to go out there and stand up for their community.
Alex Pretti died a hero shielding two women from violent ICE agents.
Alex Pretti died a hero shielding two women from violent ICE agents.
January 27, 2026 at 8:30 AM
I've seen dumb people repeat mantras like, "FAFO," but that's not what happened in Minneapolis. Those protesting ICE know the risks. Those who died thought it was worth it to go out there and stand up for their community.
Alex Pretti died a hero shielding two women from violent ICE agents.
Alex Pretti died a hero shielding two women from violent ICE agents.
This is the best angle of the shooting (slowed down and stabilized). It shows very clearly that the shooter drew his weapon before Pretti was even fully disarmed, watched the agent in the gray jacket carry his gun away, then shot Pretti in the back immediately.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:09 AM
This is the best angle of the shooting (slowed down and stabilized). It shows very clearly that the shooter drew his weapon before Pretti was even fully disarmed, watched the agent in the gray jacket carry his gun away, then shot Pretti in the back immediately.
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ICE agents will be held personally liable for civil rights violations. Donald Trump can't pardon you. Abusing people to make your quota bonus is going to get you sued into poverty. You are not above the law. You don't have qualified immunity for violating the 4th amendment.
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Retribution Is Coming: ICE Agents, You Will Be Held Personally Liable
YouTube video by Jay Jay Legal
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January 24, 2026 at 9:04 AM
ICE agents will be held personally liable for civil rights violations. Donald Trump can't pardon you. Abusing people to make your quota bonus is going to get you sued into poverty. You are not above the law. You don't have qualified immunity for violating the 4th amendment.
youtu.be/CmTf1xUooak?...
youtu.be/CmTf1xUooak?...
Ramones - "The KKK Took My Baby Away" - Hey Ho Let's Go Anthology Disc 2
YouTube video by The Ramones
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January 21, 2026 at 9:46 AM
We can't let them suspend our civil rights to go door to door invading homes without judicial warrants. We can't let them suspend our civil rights to racially profile people in the streets. These aren't mild inconveniences. They are serious violations of our civil rights. 🇺🇸
January 21, 2026 at 9:44 AM
We can't let them suspend our civil rights to go door to door invading homes without judicial warrants. We can't let them suspend our civil rights to racially profile people in the streets. These aren't mild inconveniences. They are serious violations of our civil rights. 🇺🇸
I wrote a new article at the laundromat tonight. This one is about greed and the way politicians misuse religion to disguise it as a virtue rather than a sin.
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GOD HATES GREED:
This is a page from my first serious study Bible. I used it all through high school and college and I still have it today. I was in the habit of highlighting and underlining key passages in those d…
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January 19, 2026 at 8:48 AM
I wrote a new article at the laundromat tonight. This one is about greed and the way politicians misuse religion to disguise it as a virtue rather than a sin.
9chambers.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/g...
9chambers.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/g...
Allegations that Meduro is involved in, "narco-terrorism," hinge on the testimony of Venezuelan defectors like Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios (former director of intelligence) and Cliver Antonio Alcala Cordones (former general). Were their confessions not legit?
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After Claiming Maduro Was Its Kingpin, DOJ Now Admits in Court That 'Cartel De Los Soles' Isn't a Real Group | Common Dreams
As it made the case for his overthrow, the Trump admin claimed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was the kingpin of a narcoterrorist organization known as "Cartel de los Soles." But the DOJ's indict...
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January 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Allegations that Meduro is involved in, "narco-terrorism," hinge on the testimony of Venezuelan defectors like Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios (former director of intelligence) and Cliver Antonio Alcala Cordones (former general). Were their confessions not legit?
www.commondreams.org/news/doj-car...
www.commondreams.org/news/doj-car...
If ICE is chasing a brown person they saw walk by a Home Depot and you block traffic and the brown person gets away (to go install some dry wall or paint a house or something) then ICE can pull into a motel and arrest a maid (a maid just trying to earn an honest living and feed her kids). (1)
January 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
If ICE is chasing a brown person they saw walk by a Home Depot and you block traffic and the brown person gets away (to go install some dry wall or paint a house or something) then ICE can pull into a motel and arrest a maid (a maid just trying to earn an honest living and feed her kids). (1)
ICE can go straight to hell and take Trump with them. We already have an FBI. We don't need some hastily assembled goon squad of poorly trained bounty hunters murdering people in the streets. Disband ICE.
January 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM
ICE can go straight to hell and take Trump with them. We already have an FBI. We don't need some hastily assembled goon squad of poorly trained bounty hunters murdering people in the streets. Disband ICE.
Sometimes, I don't like your posts because of the number. I'm not turning a 10 into an 11. If you have a 12 I'm not making that a 13. Hecks no. I will gladly turn a 68 into a 69 or a 99 into a 100 but I'm never hitting like on 665. I enjoy all your posts though.
January 2, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Sometimes, I don't like your posts because of the number. I'm not turning a 10 into an 11. If you have a 12 I'm not making that a 13. Hecks no. I will gladly turn a 68 into a 69 or a 99 into a 100 but I'm never hitting like on 665. I enjoy all your posts though.
It's bullshit to say algorithms are making us hate each other and dividing us. There are legitimate grievances and competing ideologies. Propaganda is rampant and we are separated into camps but they're camps we've chosen for ourselves based on upbringing, culture and belief. (1)
December 31, 2025 at 12:38 AM
It's bullshit to say algorithms are making us hate each other and dividing us. There are legitimate grievances and competing ideologies. Propaganda is rampant and we are separated into camps but they're camps we've chosen for ourselves based on upbringing, culture and belief. (1)
All my social media feeds are packed with crusaders fighting for what I believe in -- and that seems encouraging until I remember the other guys have feeds packed with crusaders fighting for what they believe in -- that these algorithms can lull us into confidence. We need to fight tooth and nail.
December 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
All my social media feeds are packed with crusaders fighting for what I believe in -- and that seems encouraging until I remember the other guys have feeds packed with crusaders fighting for what they believe in -- that these algorithms can lull us into confidence. We need to fight tooth and nail.
MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🌲🌲🌲
December 25, 2025 at 5:27 AM
MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🌲🌲🌲
I have TDS. Trump Disappointment Salami. 🥪
December 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I have TDS. Trump Disappointment Salami. 🥪
Automation: How Humans Became Horses
YouTube video by CGP Grey
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December 24, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The same guys:
"You won't have to work in heaven."
"You won't have to work when you retire at sixty-five. Wait. Seventy."
"You won't have to work in the future when my A I. sims and my A.I. robots take your jobs. I will gladly pay for Universal Basic Income after dodging taxes for a generation."
"You won't have to work in heaven."
"You won't have to work when you retire at sixty-five. Wait. Seventy."
"You won't have to work in the future when my A I. sims and my A.I. robots take your jobs. I will gladly pay for Universal Basic Income after dodging taxes for a generation."
December 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The same guys:
"You won't have to work in heaven."
"You won't have to work when you retire at sixty-five. Wait. Seventy."
"You won't have to work in the future when my A I. sims and my A.I. robots take your jobs. I will gladly pay for Universal Basic Income after dodging taxes for a generation."
"You won't have to work in heaven."
"You won't have to work when you retire at sixty-five. Wait. Seventy."
"You won't have to work in the future when my A I. sims and my A.I. robots take your jobs. I will gladly pay for Universal Basic Income after dodging taxes for a generation."
If corporations stop creating jobs for humans are we going to stop giving them tax breaks? 🤔
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
If corporations stop creating jobs for humans are we going to stop giving them tax breaks? 🤔
Reposted by John Chalos
As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
December 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
I had one more article on politics in me so I wrote it tonight. In the future, most of the articles on my web page will be about art. I will post short stories (both comics and prose). I will post an update here and there. Etc.
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CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL AND PREVENTABLE, CLANDESTINE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES MUST BE A HOAX:
Some pictures from my journeys as a furniture installer: I took the top left photo in 2016 on a mountaintop in Hakkoda, Japan. I took the top right photo in 2020 on the coast in Monterey, Californi…
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December 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I had one more article on politics in me so I wrote it tonight. In the future, most of the articles on my web page will be about art. I will post short stories (both comics and prose). I will post an update here and there. Etc.
9chambers.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/c...
9chambers.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/c...
Alright. I'm out. [sabbatical]
December 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Alright. I'm out. [sabbatical]
If you respond to them making it impossible to live on a forty hour a week job by agreeing to work fifty hours a week they'll soon make it impossible to live on a fifty hour a week job. You can respond to that by working sixty hours then seventy then eighty or you can fight back. Fight back!
December 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
If you respond to them making it impossible to live on a forty hour a week job by agreeing to work fifty hours a week they'll soon make it impossible to live on a fifty hour a week job. You can respond to that by working sixty hours then seventy then eighty or you can fight back. Fight back!