John Peyton Cooke
@johnpeytoncooke.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Whippet lover. Dilettante clarinetist. Author of novels and stories. Reader of great fiction (mostly). I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Speaking as someone who stopped breathing last night because the power went out, we are NOT equipped for the disablity impacts of our failing power infrastructure. Great read from @juliametraux.bsky.social
What a crumbling power grid means for disabled Americans
Angela Frederick’s new book calls to put disability at the center of disaster planning.
grist.org
December 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Speaking as someone who stopped breathing last night because the power went out, we are NOT equipped for the disablity impacts of our failing power infrastructure. Great read from @juliametraux.bsky.social
Hmmm … if the Kennedy Center was built as a memorial to a dead president and Herr Trümpenführer has added his name to it, perhaps he knows something we don’t and there is finally some good news just around the corner.
December 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Hmmm … if the Kennedy Center was built as a memorial to a dead president and Herr Trümpenführer has added his name to it, perhaps he knows something we don’t and there is finally some good news just around the corner.
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Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
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Ronald Reagan, a cold man who ignored the AIDS crisis because he was a homophobe and craved the votes of other homophobes, is *not* a reminder of anything good or decent.
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Ronald Reagan, a cold man who ignored the AIDS crisis because he was a homophobe and craved the votes of other homophobes, is *not* a reminder of anything good or decent.
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It won’t be death by a thousand cuts. A few deadly stabs in the back will do. The generals didn’t smile when he delivered right-wing applause lines at Quantico. They won’t be smiling when they slip the knife in, either.
luciantruscott.substack.com/p/major-hegs...
luciantruscott.substack.com/p/major-hegs...
Major Hegseth’s stupid plan of revenge
All you really need to know about Pete Hegseth is that his rank when he left his service in the Army National Guard was Major.
luciantruscott.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
It won’t be death by a thousand cuts. A few deadly stabs in the back will do. The generals didn’t smile when he delivered right-wing applause lines at Quantico. They won’t be smiling when they slip the knife in, either.
luciantruscott.substack.com/p/major-hegs...
luciantruscott.substack.com/p/major-hegs...
Thus far, the US has murdered 90 people is boat strikes to date. Latest was yesterday.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US military says eight killed in strikes on alleged drug vessels
The US has carried out more than 20 strikes in international waters on alleged drug vessels since September.
www.bbc.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Thus far, the US has murdered 90 people is boat strikes to date. Latest was yesterday.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Merz compares Putin to Hitler: 1938 is the historical analogy for Russia’s war.
If Ukraine falls, Putin won't stop. Just like in 1938 when Sudetenland wasn’t enough. Anyone who thinks he’s done should analyze his strategies.
If Ukraine falls, Putin won't stop. Just like in 1938 when Sudetenland wasn’t enough. Anyone who thinks he’s done should analyze his strategies.
December 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Merz compares Putin to Hitler: 1938 is the historical analogy for Russia’s war.
If Ukraine falls, Putin won't stop. Just like in 1938 when Sudetenland wasn’t enough. Anyone who thinks he’s done should analyze his strategies.
If Ukraine falls, Putin won't stop. Just like in 1938 when Sudetenland wasn’t enough. Anyone who thinks he’s done should analyze his strategies.
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If we don't start 2026 with massive protests, widespread boycotts of large companies, and a general strike, I don't know what to say.
December 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If we don't start 2026 with massive protests, widespread boycotts of large companies, and a general strike, I don't know what to say.
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One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
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“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...
JetBlue plane near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force aircraft | CNN Politics
A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a US Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing hi...
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...
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As of November 30th there had been 397 mass shootings in the US this year.
387 people have been killed and 1,776 injured.
This is not something people should become complacent about.
This is not normal.
No other developed country has this issue.
America needs gun control
387 people have been killed and 1,776 injured.
This is not something people should become complacent about.
This is not normal.
No other developed country has this issue.
America needs gun control
December 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
As of November 30th there had been 397 mass shootings in the US this year.
387 people have been killed and 1,776 injured.
This is not something people should become complacent about.
This is not normal.
No other developed country has this issue.
America needs gun control
387 people have been killed and 1,776 injured.
This is not something people should become complacent about.
This is not normal.
No other developed country has this issue.
America needs gun control
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Folks, the Dem establishment must be culled. They aren't your fighters. They don't care about you. They will not champion reform.
Here's Exhibit 429
prospect.org/2025/12/12/d...
Here's Exhibit 429
prospect.org/2025/12/12/d...
Democratic Voters Are Clamoring for AI Regulation. Their Leaders Aren’t Interested. - The American Prospect
A new AI commission established by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries includes several corporate-friendly legislators.
prospect.org
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Folks, the Dem establishment must be culled. They aren't your fighters. They don't care about you. They will not champion reform.
Here's Exhibit 429
prospect.org/2025/12/12/d...
Here's Exhibit 429
prospect.org/2025/12/12/d...
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23 people have died in ICE custody.
A Chinese immigrant named Chaofeng Ge was found hanging with his arms & legs tied behind his back.
Randall Esquivel was deported in a vegetative state & died soon after.
People are being tortured, neglected & disabled.
Abolish ICE & close the camps.
A Chinese immigrant named Chaofeng Ge was found hanging with his arms & legs tied behind his back.
Randall Esquivel was deported in a vegetative state & died soon after.
People are being tortured, neglected & disabled.
Abolish ICE & close the camps.
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
23 people have died in ICE custody.
A Chinese immigrant named Chaofeng Ge was found hanging with his arms & legs tied behind his back.
Randall Esquivel was deported in a vegetative state & died soon after.
People are being tortured, neglected & disabled.
Abolish ICE & close the camps.
A Chinese immigrant named Chaofeng Ge was found hanging with his arms & legs tied behind his back.
Randall Esquivel was deported in a vegetative state & died soon after.
People are being tortured, neglected & disabled.
Abolish ICE & close the camps.
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Potential impact if Europe fail to support Ukraine. The lack of funding and feeling of betrayal might cause the Ukrainian armed forces to collapse. The results would be another 5 - 10M refugees flooding western Europe, a Russia that controls Ukrainian industry and a Russian advance far into the EU.
December 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Potential impact if Europe fail to support Ukraine. The lack of funding and feeling of betrayal might cause the Ukrainian armed forces to collapse. The results would be another 5 - 10M refugees flooding western Europe, a Russia that controls Ukrainian industry and a Russian advance far into the EU.
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Yesterday I handed President Donald J. Trump a blue jockstrap and told him it was the FIFA Piss Prize. Then he placed it over his head and cooed like a dove.
December 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Yesterday I handed President Donald J. Trump a blue jockstrap and told him it was the FIFA Piss Prize. Then he placed it over his head and cooed like a dove.
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There is not one Ukraian who is not well informed about the security guarantees Ukriane got in the Budapest Memorandum. Nothing but ironclad guarantees will pass, but such don't exist in real life. The only guarentee is a defeated Russia.
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
There is not one Ukraian who is not well informed about the security guarantees Ukriane got in the Budapest Memorandum. Nothing but ironclad guarantees will pass, but such don't exist in real life. The only guarentee is a defeated Russia.
Yikes. Too much doomscrolling already for me today. It’s only 8:36am EST. Must … tell … myself … to … stop….
December 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Yikes. Too much doomscrolling already for me today. It’s only 8:36am EST. Must … tell … myself … to … stop….
👇👇👇👇 This.
We don't need a Dem candidate who sides with the billionaires. We just don't. And I guarantee y'all that if you nominate this guy you will live to regret it.
He's also got a habit of vetoing really good bills because the billionaires don't like them. We can do better.
He's also got a habit of vetoing really good bills because the billionaires don't like them. We can do better.
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
👇👇👇👇 This.
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It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
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If I, or any other civil servant or contractor, refused to do either of these things, let alone both, my access would be suspended & I would expect my clearance would be yanked & I’d ultimately be terminated.
MORE Breaking on MS NOW: Pete Hegseth refused an interview request for the Pentagon Inspector General's investigation into Signalgate, according to two sources who read and were briefed on report.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
Breaking on MS NOW: The Signalgate report contradicts Pete Hegseth's claims he did nothing wrong. It shows he "violated policy by using a non-approved device," a source who read the report says.
Hegseth failed to preserve records. The report says he put the operations and service people at risk.
Hegseth failed to preserve records. The report says he put the operations and service people at risk.
December 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If I, or any other civil servant or contractor, refused to do either of these things, let alone both, my access would be suspended & I would expect my clearance would be yanked & I’d ultimately be terminated.
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Record-breaking 75-year-old mother #bird prepares to nest.
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Record-breaking 75-year-old mother #bird prepares to nest.
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird
Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...