John Lore
@johnlore.bsky.social
Niche Historian. Book Hoarder.
Real Amiable Sort of Freak, Just Keeping Pace.
Real Amiable Sort of Freak, Just Keeping Pace.
@democrats.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @dscc.bsky.social @tedlieu.bsky.social
They could say:
"ICE agents and leaders will be stripped of qualified immunity. You will be personally liable and vulnerable to civil lawsuits from every civilian you have attacked. You will be financially destroyed, forever. Walk away from ICE today while you can."
"ICE agents and leaders will be stripped of qualified immunity. You will be personally liable and vulnerable to civil lawsuits from every civilian you have attacked. You will be financially destroyed, forever. Walk away from ICE today while you can."
January 14, 2026 at 4:31 PM
@democrats.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @dscc.bsky.social @tedlieu.bsky.social
They could say:
"When someone is accustomed to shooting people in the face, you cannot send them to a two hour training about not shooting people in the face and expect them to suddenly stop shooting people in the face. That's ridiculous. They're done. Get them entirely out of our cities."
"When someone is accustomed to shooting people in the face, you cannot send them to a two hour training about not shooting people in the face and expect them to suddenly stop shooting people in the face. That's ridiculous. They're done. Get them entirely out of our cities."
January 14, 2026 at 4:31 PM
@democrats.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @dscc.bsky.social @tedlieu.bsky.social
They could say:
"We are demanding that ICE cease operations in our cities. We are not asking for reform or training. This agency and these agents are not trainable. We want them out completely. That is the minimum required today. The floor for the future is abolishing the agency entirely."
"We are demanding that ICE cease operations in our cities. We are not asking for reform or training. This agency and these agents are not trainable. We want them out completely. That is the minimum required today. The floor for the future is abolishing the agency entirely."
January 14, 2026 at 4:31 PM
@democrats.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @dscc.bsky.social @tedlieu.bsky.social
They could say:
"ICE agents: you will never receive your five year bonus. You will be held accountable for any crimes you commit. You will permanently lose the opportunity for federal employment. But there's still time: quit your jobs now."
"ICE agents: you will never receive your five year bonus. You will be held accountable for any crimes you commit. You will permanently lose the opportunity for federal employment. But there's still time: quit your jobs now."
January 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
@democrats.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @dscc.bsky.social @tedlieu.bsky.social
Every D could say something like:
"ICE is a corrupt, lawbreaking agency and everyone working for it should resign immediately. We are ultimately going to abolish ICE and come for every single ICE agent or leader who broke the law. In the meantime, we're cutting off all additional funding."
"ICE is a corrupt, lawbreaking agency and everyone working for it should resign immediately. We are ultimately going to abolish ICE and come for every single ICE agent or leader who broke the law. In the meantime, we're cutting off all additional funding."
January 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
@democrats.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @dscc.bsky.social @tedlieu.bsky.social
But they should all be saying ABOLISH ICE. They should be be with 77% of Democrats and a majority of the entire population, according to polls, that want to ABOLISH ICE. They should mark that as their ultimate goal and work to achieve it.
January 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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The reality is that ICE and DHS actually CAN and ARE attacking people who are exercising their rights.
I say this NOT to dissuade anyone from exercising those rights, but to challenge @tedlieu.bsky.social and other politicians to do more to protect those rights than post this kind of thing.
I say this NOT to dissuade anyone from exercising those rights, but to challenge @tedlieu.bsky.social and other politicians to do more to protect those rights than post this kind of thing.
The First Amendment protects the public’s right to:
1. Film ICE in public
2. Photograph ICE in public
3. Observe what ICE does in public
ICE and DHS officials cannot lay a finger on any American who is peacefully exercising First Amendment rights.
1. Film ICE in public
2. Photograph ICE in public
3. Observe what ICE does in public
ICE and DHS officials cannot lay a finger on any American who is peacefully exercising First Amendment rights.
January 14, 2026 at 3:29 PM
The reality is that ICE and DHS actually CAN and ARE attacking people who are exercising their rights.
I say this NOT to dissuade anyone from exercising those rights, but to challenge @tedlieu.bsky.social and other politicians to do more to protect those rights than post this kind of thing.
I say this NOT to dissuade anyone from exercising those rights, but to challenge @tedlieu.bsky.social and other politicians to do more to protect those rights than post this kind of thing.
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ICE not only manhandled and terrorized a 10th grader who is an American citizen, they stole his phone. And then they sold it.
I repeat, they stole his phone, and then they sold it.
I repeat, they stole his phone, and then they sold it.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 12:07 AM
ICE not only manhandled and terrorized a 10th grader who is an American citizen, they stole his phone. And then they sold it.
I repeat, they stole his phone, and then they sold it.
I repeat, they stole his phone, and then they sold it.
Joe Rogan asks, "Are we going to be the Gestapo?"
Yes, Joe. We've known for a long time that this is what you were helping usher in. Many of your followers have known too, and were and are happy you did. Only you and a few other fools were oblivious.
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
Yes, Joe. We've known for a long time that this is what you were helping usher in. Many of your followers have known too, and were and are happy you did. Only you and a few other fools were oblivious.
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
Joe Rogan criticizes ICE tactics: 'Are we really going to be the Gestapo?'
The influential podcaster, who endorsed Donald Trump in 2024, has been increasingly critical of the president’s mass deportation strategy.
www.nbcnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Joe Rogan asks, "Are we going to be the Gestapo?"
Yes, Joe. We've known for a long time that this is what you were helping usher in. Many of your followers have known too, and were and are happy you did. Only you and a few other fools were oblivious.
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
Yes, Joe. We've known for a long time that this is what you were helping usher in. Many of your followers have known too, and were and are happy you did. Only you and a few other fools were oblivious.
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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DHS posted this "We'll Have Our Home Again" imagery on all its social media today.
"By God We'll Have Our Home Again" is a neo-Nazi anthem (and appropriately chilling)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55f_...
"By God We'll Have Our Home Again" is a neo-Nazi anthem (and appropriately chilling)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55f_...
January 10, 2026 at 5:15 AM
DHS posted this "We'll Have Our Home Again" imagery on all its social media today.
"By God We'll Have Our Home Again" is a neo-Nazi anthem (and appropriately chilling)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55f_...
"By God We'll Have Our Home Again" is a neo-Nazi anthem (and appropriately chilling)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55f_...
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I sure would like to see the Virginia General Assembly legalize balcony solar in 2026. Let people buy a $100 solar panel at Costco, plug it into an outlet on their porch, and make electricity. Germany does it. Utah does it. Virginia can do it too.
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I sure would like to see the Virginia General Assembly legalize balcony solar in 2026. Let people buy a $100 solar panel at Costco, plug it into an outlet on their porch, and make electricity. Germany does it. Utah does it. Virginia can do it too.
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
If you betray constituents & squander your leverage fighting fascism, & the fascists (ICE) are *already* rounding people up, when fascists talk about rounding up their political opposition (you), your constituents will simply flip & say, "You first!" bc you've shown fascism's the inevitable outcome.
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you betray constituents & squander your leverage fighting fascism, & the fascists (ICE) are *already* rounding people up, when fascists talk about rounding up their political opposition (you), your constituents will simply flip & say, "You first!" bc you've shown fascism's the inevitable outcome.
Impressive.
We’ve completed this cycle in less than a week this time:
![We're so back
[arrows going back and forth]
It's so over](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gvda6fem6r7selm4gzjjww4a/bafkreiesgdduvvdftduvq4oo5ftikuqzlipsym5mkh7le6nyjl4wyfsnnu@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Impressive.
Centrist Dems doing their best to convince everyone that Centrist Dems would never do what Centrist Dems just did so that Centrist Dems can quickly regain your trust so Centrist Dems can betray you again.
www.thirdway.org/press/statem...
www.thirdway.org/press/statem...
Third Way
www.thirdway.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Centrist Dems doing their best to convince everyone that Centrist Dems would never do what Centrist Dems just did so that Centrist Dems can quickly regain your trust so Centrist Dems can betray you again.
www.thirdway.org/press/statem...
www.thirdway.org/press/statem...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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"Federal law enforcement staff working at the camp have been waiting on Ms. Maxwell hand and foot," says the letter signed by House Judiciary committee ranking member
www.cbsnews.com/news/ghislai...
www.cbsnews.com/news/ghislai...
Ghislaine Maxwell plans to ask Trump to commute prison sentence, House Democrats say
Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking co-conspirator, is planning to apply for a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence, House Judiciary Committee Democrats say.
www.cbsnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"Federal law enforcement staff working at the camp have been waiting on Ms. Maxwell hand and foot," says the letter signed by House Judiciary committee ranking member
www.cbsnews.com/news/ghislai...
www.cbsnews.com/news/ghislai...
It's worse than that. He greenlit and orchestrated their defection, and allowed himself a vote against it to CYA. You'll note none of them is up for election until at least 2029.
If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's worse than that. He greenlit and orchestrated their defection, and allowed himself a vote against it to CYA. You'll note none of them is up for election until at least 2029.
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Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.
Your party, directed by you, literally Gave up fighting. And you gave yourself a CYA vote for protection. You're worse than useless. You are actively damaging to the interest of the American people, and I don't know why you regularly choose to be so. But you really have to go.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Your party, directed by you, literally Gave up fighting. And you gave yourself a CYA vote for protection. You're worse than useless. You are actively damaging to the interest of the American people, and I don't know why you regularly choose to be so. But you really have to go.
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That’s why we’ll be working to unseat both Republicans as well as corporate Democrats who have kowtowed to the Trump agenda and replace them with Working Families Party champions who will fight to lower the cost of living and guarantee health care for every family.
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
That’s why we’ll be working to unseat both Republicans as well as corporate Democrats who have kowtowed to the Trump agenda and replace them with Working Families Party champions who will fight to lower the cost of living and guarantee health care for every family.
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democratic voters wanted their party to shut down the government for myriad reasons — troops in american cities, masked thugs ripping families apart — but dem leaders insisted the wise thing to do politically was to stay hyper-fxated on this one thing, ACA tax credits. and then they just… gave up
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
democratic voters wanted their party to shut down the government for myriad reasons — troops in american cities, masked thugs ripping families apart — but dem leaders insisted the wise thing to do politically was to stay hyper-fxated on this one thing, ACA tax credits. and then they just… gave up
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In this 9-minute presentation I touch on betrayal trauma, betrayal blindness, institutional betrayal, DARVO, institutional courage, and what the theories and research findings suggests for responding to our current situation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
Jennifer Freyd 2025 - Institutional Betrayal and the Path to Courage
YouTube video by jjfreyd
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In this 9-minute presentation I touch on betrayal trauma, betrayal blindness, institutional betrayal, DARVO, institutional courage, and what the theories and research findings suggests for responding to our current situation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage