John H Richardson
@jhr54.bsky.social
Third-culture kid. Wrote a lot of stories for Esquire, some for other magazines, and a few books.
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This testimony is so powerful and gut-wrenching. God bless this woman for what she went through.
ICE MUST GO‼️
ICE MUST GO‼️
February 3, 2026 at 9:12 PM
This testimony is so powerful and gut-wrenching. God bless this woman for what she went through.
ICE MUST GO‼️
ICE MUST GO‼️
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Luke Ganger, Renee Good’s brother: “In the last few weeks, our family took some consolation thinking that perhaps ‘Nee’s death would bring about change in our country. It has not.”
February 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Luke Ganger, Renee Good’s brother: “In the last few weeks, our family took some consolation thinking that perhaps ‘Nee’s death would bring about change in our country. It has not.”
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
The Fight Is Upon Us: What The Right to Vote Looks Like on Trump’s Terrain of Violence talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-f...
The Fight Is Upon Us: What The Right to Vote Looks Like on Trump’s Terrain of Violence
Both the calendar and the events in Minneapolis have brought the midterm...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The Fight Is Upon Us: What The Right to Vote Looks Like on Trump’s Terrain of Violence talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-f...
Drives me a little crazy when reporters impute good faith to brazen GOP lies. For example: "The Trump administration ... considers the regulations to be an attack on free speech." Like they care about free speech. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/w...
Police Search X’s Premises in France as Prosecutors Summon Elon Musk
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February 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Drives me a little crazy when reporters impute good faith to brazen GOP lies. For example: "The Trump administration ... considers the regulations to be an attack on free speech." Like they care about free speech. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/w...
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The director of Melania movie
January 31, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The director of Melania movie
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They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
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January 31, 2026 at 10:19 PM
They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
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Florida's next governor:
January 31, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Florida's next governor:
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The president of the United States had his DOJ raid the Fulton County election office and seized ballots. This is clearly a dry run for 2026. Yet, this is treated by too many in legacy media as normal.
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January 31, 2026 at 11:15 PM
The president of the United States had his DOJ raid the Fulton County election office and seized ballots. This is clearly a dry run for 2026. Yet, this is treated by too many in legacy media as normal.
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
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ICE and CBP agents seem to enjoy gratuitously breaking glass—from car windows to store fronts to homes. It’s an expression of unchecked power and dominance: “We’re in charge. We break and shatter what we want.”
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
January 31, 2026 at 1:51 PM
ICE and CBP agents seem to enjoy gratuitously breaking glass—from car windows to store fronts to homes. It’s an expression of unchecked power and dominance: “We’re in charge. We break and shatter what we want.”
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
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Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
"It’s the responsibility of the free states to resist the power of a renegade presidency making war on the Constitution." That's Josh Marshall, a Civil War scholar, now using the term "free states" in present tense. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/reali...
Reality Distortion in the Age of Trump and the Corrupt Court
With a hearing on the constitutionality of birthright citizenship now on the...
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January 31, 2026 at 1:16 PM
"It’s the responsibility of the free states to resist the power of a renegade presidency making war on the Constitution." That's Josh Marshall, a Civil War scholar, now using the term "free states" in present tense. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/reali...
Remember the death squads who killed priests and nuns in El Salvador back in the '80s? And Reagan's UN Ambassador, Jeane Kirkpatrick, said they were “not just nuns ... they were political activists." Sound familiar? newrepublic.com/article/1935... via @newrepublic.com
Decades Later, the Truth Behind a Grisly Mass Murder in El Salvador
The 1980 execution of four American churchwomen was one of the most shocking human rights crimes of the twentieth century. No one has ever really gotten to the bottom of it—until now.
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January 31, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Remember the death squads who killed priests and nuns in El Salvador back in the '80s? And Reagan's UN Ambassador, Jeane Kirkpatrick, said they were “not just nuns ... they were political activists." Sound familiar? newrepublic.com/article/1935... via @newrepublic.com
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It hasn’t gone unnoticed that all four people arrested today, including two journalists, were Black.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
It hasn’t gone unnoticed that all four people arrested today, including two journalists, were Black.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
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CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.
January 30, 2026 at 9:19 PM
CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.
The men who killed Alex Pretti were Jan. 6 Proud Boys. That's why the Feds won't release their names. Prove me wrong.
January 30, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The men who killed Alex Pretti were Jan. 6 Proud Boys. That's why the Feds won't release their names. Prove me wrong.
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"The Democrats are pushing reforms that they know won’t work because they are doing performative, perfunctory opposition to try to quiet their base, instead of real legislating and fighting to dismantle Trump’s ICE and CBP." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Senate Democrats’ ICE Proposals Are a Huge and Inexcusable Whiff
Their opening bid should have been eight or 10 bold proposals. But as usual, the Democrats start by negotiating with themselves.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"The Democrats are pushing reforms that they know won’t work because they are doing performative, perfunctory opposition to try to quiet their base, instead of real legislating and fighting to dismantle Trump’s ICE and CBP." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
What we're seeing in Minneapolis is a slight tactical retreat by Trump and the GOP. The strategy won't change. They're guilty of too many crimes, lots of them are owned by Russian intelligence, and the rich sociopaths behind it all won't change. It's terrifying. We have to be ready for the worst.
January 30, 2026 at 4:41 PM
What we're seeing in Minneapolis is a slight tactical retreat by Trump and the GOP. The strategy won't change. They're guilty of too many crimes, lots of them are owned by Russian intelligence, and the rich sociopaths behind it all won't change. It's terrifying. We have to be ready for the worst.
Great, now my three-year-old knows what a surveillance drone is.
(at the ICE protest in Chester, NY).
(at the ICE protest in Chester, NY).
January 30, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Great, now my three-year-old knows what a surveillance drone is.
(at the ICE protest in Chester, NY).
(at the ICE protest in Chester, NY).
Chester NY ICE protest last night. So many people, volunteers ran shuttles from the town library.
January 30, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Chester NY ICE protest last night. So many people, volunteers ran shuttles from the town library.
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Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Minneapolis should press its momentum and demand not only withdrawal but start talking about the need for immediate reparations, loudly, with the total certainty that only winners have. "You have wronged us terribly and must pay recompense" and let them argue the second part.
January 30, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Minneapolis should press its momentum and demand not only withdrawal but start talking about the need for immediate reparations, loudly, with the total certainty that only winners have. "You have wronged us terribly and must pay recompense" and let them argue the second part.