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Antone Johnson

@antone.bsky.social
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AI-forward General Counsel to emerging tech/social ventures + impact investors ⚖️ (ex- Google, eHarmony, MySpace). Incurable policy wonk, wag, proud Californian 💙 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 linktr.ee/antonejohnson

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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Also shrouded deep in the mists of history, from way back in 2018. If only someone had warned us! 🤪
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Similarly forgotten by voters and MSM in their wisdom; This magazine cover from June 2018 featuring one King Orange I.
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Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 20/02/2025
The U.S. Department of Metaphors remains in a constant state of readiness, and no amount of illegal DOGE cutbacks and firings can stop its essential work.
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
*former ally
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 20/02/2025
Unfortunately firings have continued at the National Nuclear Safety Administration. I’ve been contacted by an NNSA worker who was fired, then told her termination was paused, then told she was fired again. She says there were numerous others at NNSA treated the same way. These people keep us safe.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/02/2025
Illinois Governor, JB Pritzker, with an empowering and emotional speech. "The authoritarian playbook is laid bare here. They point to a group of people who don't look like you and tell you to blame them for your problems"
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Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Two DOGE workers are now at CISA (DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) I've confirmed. Edward Coristine, the 19-yr-old known as Big Balls, and Kyle Schutt, a 37-yr-old software engineer. Marisa Kabas (bsky.app/profile/mari...) was first to report about Coristine. My piece for Wired
wired.com
DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency
DOGE technologists Edward Coristine—the 19-year-old known online as “Big Balls”—and Kyle Schutt are now listed as staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
yeah the mistake they made was assuming their colleagues would have some bare minimum of professional pride or backbone
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 20/02/2025
Remarkable thread offering guidance to current and prospective NSF grantees about how to navigate the times ahead — from an NSF program officer who was fired in yesterday's DOGE purge (!)
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Oy vey 🤦🏽‍♂️
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
That’s why they come first in the constitution. The most important branch to obfuscate and normalize before rubber-stamping the imperial president’s every wish.
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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Time to make a sequel, “The Madness of King Orange” 🤮 (The one about George III was really good. We fought a war to get rid of that psycho.)
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
As a lawyer, it drives me nuts that only another lawyer (George) consistently raises this to the world. Dead silence in MSM about his psychopathology. Again. Still. After four years as POTUS and a second campaign. He impulsively tweeted every warped thought, to be assessed at a distance. SMDH.
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
As have many others familiar with the type. (I have three MH professionals in my family who made that assessment years ago.)
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
With all due respect, Congressman, he’s not trying to distract from anything here. He’s a grandiose pathological narcissist. A narcissistic sociopath. A malignant narcissist. A psychopath. A megalomaniac. This is what he thinks of himself. And what he wants others to think of him.
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Andrew (🎃) @athomashemlock.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Really important to point out that part of the reason Russia is gunning for Signal in such an ass-backwards way is that all the normal ways they have to break into communications haven't worked on Signal.
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
texasobserver.org
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
US Catholic bishops sue Trump administration for halt in funding for refugee settlement (this is a big deal as many have been questioning why it hadn't happened yet) apnews.com/article/cath...
apnews.com
US Catholic bishops sue Trump administration for halt in funding for refugee settlement
Catholic bishops are suing the Trump administration over its abrupt halt to funding of refugee resettlement, calling the action unlawful and harmful to newly arrived refugees and to the nation’s large...
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
It’s maddening. I’ve started unfollowing and even blocking people I otherwise would support. Now is literally *the* worst moment to bash Dems. Solidarity is essential.
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Trump is now an aide in Russia’s regime change plan for Ukraine. Europeans need to act NOW, not after the German elections, to make sure Ukrainians have an alternative. All the worst came true and there is no other way to put it than that the US is in Russia’s team now.
politico.com
Trump snaps back at Zelenskyy, blaming Ukraine for the war
The Ukrainian president has been excluded from the administration’s negotiations with Russia seeking an end to the war.
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
“Adds negative value”
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
It’s a good thing the brain trust behind this operation isn’t responsible for things where math is reallllly important to get right. Like space travel, cars, brain implants, that kind of stuff.
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Who on earth would ever come in at that valuation today given the fundamentals? Serious question.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
So many people of the people who can literally afford to be strong are so appallingly, embarrassingly weak.
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Rick Klau @rickklau.com · 19/02/2025
“She's smart, fearless, and she never speaks in mushy political talking points—she talks like a normal person.” 🎯 @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social please let me know when you declare for the Senate race. We need you and your voice.
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
She is brilliant, I agree. One of the best around.
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Maybe? Charges are just charges. We shall see.
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
We are literally paying $8-10 a dozen for eggs BECAUSE OF THIS BIRD FLU. Am I hallucinating or wasn’t this a signature campaign issue?
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Steve Ferra @abpow.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"EIGHT....MILLION....DOLLARS!"
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Clowns. 🤡 But clowns wielding flamethrowers, to quote one of @sykescharlie.bsky.social favorite lines.
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
There is a mountain of litigation seeking to enjoin much of it at least temporarily. That introduces a lot of uncertainty, but seems likely to smooth out some of the effects vs. going off a cliff of aggregate demand.
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Martha Gimbel @marthagimbel.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Ok this is making the rounds and tbc the scale of what is happening to the federal workforce and with impoundment is unprecedented - but I think we need to be really careful about assuming this is going to all hit at once in March or that we know the size of the impact 1/
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This was the entire point of the piece he published in the Atlantic (a broad defense of liberalism against compelled speech from either end of the ideological axis). It sounds like 99% of the replies here are from people who didn’t actually read it.
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Money quote: “they take turns at the desks and spend the rest of the day killing time and chatting in the halls.”
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Exporting the latest approach to maternal healthcare from such forward-looking states as TX, LA et al. 😡
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Wow! Blanket knee-jerk RTO mandates can have a notable effect on productivity. Your tax dollars at work:
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Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
So few understand enough to ask this question, but it is the central question for Meyer and the SoS and everyone else, including the legislators being asked to vote on this.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Adams’s lawyers’ letter actually makes a pretty good case for Hochul to remove him.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
NEW: Letter from 900+ former federal prosecutors warns of decisions at Justice Dept "Some of you have been ordered to make charging decisions based expressly on considerations other than the facts & the law, including to serve solely political purposes" www.thejusticeconnection.org/wp-content/u...
thejusticeconnection.org
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Best description to date, via @gtconway.bsky.social: Musk is acting as “COO” of fed gov. ALL cabinet secretaries (VPs to stick w/ corporate analogy) do his bidding. *They* are all exec officers of USG, which means he *absolutely needs Senate confirmation* for the “COO” role he so obviously plays.
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Daily reminder since the MSM won’t: This isn’t about cutting costs. bsky.app/profile/anto...
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Domestic relations aside, I’m certain if I invested in one of these things, my cat would reward me by refusing to use it.
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The top criminal prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington quit today, citing pressure by the Trump administration to open what she viewed as an improper criminal probe of a federal contract. ca.news.yahoo.com/senior-u-pro...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This gives me joy.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
If you to send something to friends and family who don't follow the news closely something that'll bring them up to speed, try this @nprfreshair.bsky.social interview with @charliesavage.bsky.social, who has been covering attempts to expand executive power for 30 years. www.npr.org/2025/02/17/g...
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Understanding presidential power in the age of Trump
New York Times writer Charlie Savage discusses the scope of executive power as President Trump circumvents Congress, pushes legal boundaries and fires scores of federal workers, including at the FBI.
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Antone Johnson @antone.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The Stryker lines from Airplane really haven’t aged well.
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