John M.
@walkingridercycles.bsky.social
Always up for a walk, ready to organize, and needing to be outdoors and creative.
“When the rich rob the poor, it's called business. When the poor fight back, it's called violence.” ― Mark Twain
#BoycottMeta #BoycottAmazon #BoycottMusk
“When the rich rob the poor, it's called business. When the poor fight back, it's called violence.” ― Mark Twain
#BoycottMeta #BoycottAmazon #BoycottMusk
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as always the New York Times frames this catastrophe in a way that downplays the fact this is an extremely unpopular decision being driven entirely by corporate corruption that will avoidably kill untold millions of people
The E.P.A. Is Barreling Toward a Supreme Court Climate Showdown
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:20 PM
as always the New York Times frames this catastrophe in a way that downplays the fact this is an extremely unpopular decision being driven entirely by corporate corruption that will avoidably kill untold millions of people
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Chuck Schumer after Republicans pinky swear not to do a genocide
February 10, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Chuck Schumer after Republicans pinky swear not to do a genocide
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Trump is exploiting America's birthday to reward his donors.
Donors who give $1M+ to a Trump-backed group organizing events for the nation's 250th anniversary will gain special access to, and can seek favors from, Trump himself.
Everything is for sale.
Donors who give $1M+ to a Trump-backed group organizing events for the nation's 250th anniversary will gain special access to, and can seek favors from, Trump himself.
Everything is for sale.
February 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Trump is exploiting America's birthday to reward his donors.
Donors who give $1M+ to a Trump-backed group organizing events for the nation's 250th anniversary will gain special access to, and can seek favors from, Trump himself.
Everything is for sale.
Donors who give $1M+ to a Trump-backed group organizing events for the nation's 250th anniversary will gain special access to, and can seek favors from, Trump himself.
Everything is for sale.
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I hope you spend some time with this story today. It's incredibly important and a small window into what's happening behind the federal government's detention center doors. www.propublica.org/article/life...
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I hope you spend some time with this story today. It's incredibly important and a small window into what's happening behind the federal government's detention center doors. www.propublica.org/article/life...
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Want to know some of what's going on in Minnesota?
Follow Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne. 🧵
Follow Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne. 🧵
It’s been another very active day today in Northeast with someone being abducted on St Anthony Parkway & Central.
Regardless of what the federal government says, it’s still very active with the same illegal tactics being used by ICE. We still need everyone out protecting our neighbors.
Regardless of what the federal government says, it’s still very active with the same illegal tactics being used by ICE. We still need everyone out protecting our neighbors.
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Want to know some of what's going on in Minnesota?
Follow Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne. 🧵
Follow Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne. 🧵
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Apropos of nothing a full page ad from the Onion
September 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Apropos of nothing a full page ad from the Onion
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the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades
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After paying $40M for the Melania movie, Bezos is firing hundreds of Washington Post reporters who tell us actual facts.
All while turning the editorial board into a billionaire-defense operation.
Too often, the billionaires who control our biggest media outlets are selling out our country.
All while turning the editorial board into a billionaire-defense operation.
Too often, the billionaires who control our biggest media outlets are selling out our country.
February 4, 2026 at 3:19 PM
After paying $40M for the Melania movie, Bezos is firing hundreds of Washington Post reporters who tell us actual facts.
All while turning the editorial board into a billionaire-defense operation.
Too often, the billionaires who control our biggest media outlets are selling out our country.
All while turning the editorial board into a billionaire-defense operation.
Too often, the billionaires who control our biggest media outlets are selling out our country.
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I hope every American is paying attention to Trump’s unfolding plans to steal the midterms.
Trump: If states can't run elections 'honestly,' then 'somebody else should take over'
Trump had been asked what he meant when he called on members of the Republican Party to "take over the voting" in a recent interview with Dan Bongino.
www.cnbc.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:31 PM
I hope every American is paying attention to Trump’s unfolding plans to steal the midterms.
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Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk’s X – Europe live
Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk’s X – Europe live
The raid is linked to a year-long investigation into alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk’s X – Europe live
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Famous people who were NOT in the Epstein Files:
#Biden #Obama #TimWaltz #AlexPretti
#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #MAGA
#Biden #Obama #TimWaltz #AlexPretti
#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #MAGA
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Famous people who were NOT in the Epstein Files:
#Biden #Obama #TimWaltz #AlexPretti
#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #MAGA
#Biden #Obama #TimWaltz #AlexPretti
#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #MAGA
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My @propublica.org colleague @peterdicampo.bsky.social & I reported from Minnesota last week, amid the federal immigration crackdown.
This is what we saw: www.propublica.org/article/minn...
This is what we saw: www.propublica.org/article/minn...
What We Saw in Minneapolis
Our visual journalists documented the days surrounding Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis.
www.propublica.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:11 PM
My @propublica.org colleague @peterdicampo.bsky.social & I reported from Minnesota last week, amid the federal immigration crackdown.
This is what we saw: www.propublica.org/article/minn...
This is what we saw: www.propublica.org/article/minn...
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
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FREE CITI BIKE! It's four full days after the storm, so join me in sharing the outrage, via @nyc.streetsblog.org about Lyft's awful shoveling job post snow (starring @sophlebo.bsky.social): www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzLm...
Citi Bikes are still snowed in after this weekend's storm #nyc #bike #wintercycling #snowstorm
YouTube video by Streetsblog NYC
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:24 PM
FREE CITI BIKE! It's four full days after the storm, so join me in sharing the outrage, via @nyc.streetsblog.org about Lyft's awful shoveling job post snow (starring @sophlebo.bsky.social): www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzLm...
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
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It appears several clergy were just arrested as they staged an anti-ICE protest in the Russell Rotunda in the U.S. Senate office building.
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
January 29, 2026 at 8:31 PM
It appears several clergy were just arrested as they staged an anti-ICE protest in the Russell Rotunda in the U.S. Senate office building.
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
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They took her husband and left behind his wife and baby. She doesn't have a drivers license. She can't drive legally. But ICE left her in the car with a screaming 1 month old. That's sadism.
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:44 PM
They took her husband and left behind his wife and baby. She doesn't have a drivers license. She can't drive legally. But ICE left her in the car with a screaming 1 month old. That's sadism.
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The technology exists to limit the speeds of motor vehicles. We limit the speeds of people on ebikes but allow drivers of cars to go as fast as they want so they can kill people and dogs on our streets.
80-year-old man, dog killed in Sherman Oaks hit-and-run crash involving Maserati
Police are looking for the driver of a Maserati who hit and killed a man and his dog in Sherman Oaks before abandoning the car a few blocks away.
abc7.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:29 AM
The technology exists to limit the speeds of motor vehicles. We limit the speeds of people on ebikes but allow drivers of cars to go as fast as they want so they can kill people and dogs on our streets.
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US history has conclusively proved that when the cops kill somebody, the immediate project becomes coming up with some crime to convict them with after the fact to frame the killing as deserved, to make them at fault for their own murder.
It can be anything at all. Doesn’t even need to be a crime.
It can be anything at all. Doesn’t even need to be a crime.
January 8, 2026 at 12:19 AM
US history has conclusively proved that when the cops kill somebody, the immediate project becomes coming up with some crime to convict them with after the fact to frame the killing as deserved, to make them at fault for their own murder.
It can be anything at all. Doesn’t even need to be a crime.
It can be anything at all. Doesn’t even need to be a crime.
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This is why I have real fucking problem with blithe criticisms of "polarization" or "congressional dysfunction." We have a Republican member blaming his colleague for being attacked.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
Rep. Randy Fine on Ilhan Omar getting attacked: "I blame Ilhan Omar for what happened"
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This is why I have real fucking problem with blithe criticisms of "polarization" or "congressional dysfunction." We have a Republican member blaming his colleague for being attacked.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
New York City, Foley Square, Saturday (1/31)
January 28, 2026 at 2:43 PM
New York City, Foley Square, Saturday (1/31)
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Street art on pill hill in Seattle 🥹
January 27, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Street art on pill hill in Seattle 🥹
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Hey, this Bovino thing is a pathetic attempt to make all these horrors the fault of one guy, and it would be a serious, serious crisis if people fell for it. ICE needs to be abolished, bc this - terror, murder - are what it exists for. Nothing else. This is just an attempt to mollify us. Stay angry
January 27, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Hey, this Bovino thing is a pathetic attempt to make all these horrors the fault of one guy, and it would be a serious, serious crisis if people fell for it. ICE needs to be abolished, bc this - terror, murder - are what it exists for. Nothing else. This is just an attempt to mollify us. Stay angry
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"They resisted the idea that they had become political. A better word was humanist. They told me that the Trump administration was violating basic Christian principles. “It became clear very quickly that ICE is the Proud Boys, the Boogaloo boys. They’ve given them uniforms and let them run wild.”
This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:13 PM
"They resisted the idea that they had become political. A better word was humanist. They told me that the Trump administration was violating basic Christian principles. “It became clear very quickly that ICE is the Proud Boys, the Boogaloo boys. They’ve given them uniforms and let them run wild.”