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john banther

@johnbanther.bsky.social
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musician, non-award winning host and producer of Classical Breakdown and Front Row Washington on WETA Classical 🎶🎧🧑🏻‍💼🐶🐶🏳️‍⚧️ they/them - all opinions are my own

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/07/2026
This can’t be reformed. It’s not a training issue. The agents who murdered Pretti and Good, and who shot Sosa-Celis have been agents for more than 8 years. I’ll be voting for candidates who support dismantling DHS and abolishing ICE.
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
lots of mp getting a letter with all that booing im hearing 😂
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
got my ballot done and ready to drop off
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
what a despicable and untruthful thing to say.
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Ethan Wechtaluk @ewechtaluk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Pass the Equality Act. Restore passport gender markers. End the CMS proposed hospital rule. Repeal the trans military ban. Restore protections for nearly 14,000 trans federal workers and 100,000+ LGBTQ contractors. Support the Trans Bill of Rights. Not positions — votes I'll cast.
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
thank you!!!
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
i’ve been busy this spring so i’ve missed most free practices and all pre race show, and i’m slammed with commercials with what was originally already included in my f1tv subscription. apple ruins so much
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
So apple has ruined the f1 pre race show in a matter of months?
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I’ve picked up two of her records in the last year or two, really great artist.
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I love your website, and use it to print via a thermal printer and just stick on lands. BUT, no tokens? Or am I not doing something right? Would be great to make tokens too.
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
love it! and it’s funny how these tunes get recycled in a way the next generation has a totally different understanding.
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
thank you so much!!
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Ethan Wechtaluk @ewechtaluk.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"All you had to do was pay us enough to live." A worker walked through a $156M warehouse, lit it on fire, and filmed it. I'm not celebrating arson. I'm asking why we built an economy where this felt like the only way to be heard.
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This seems pretty disengenious, the link provides no information as to what you will do with said information to stop data centers. BUT I see a disclaimer that doing the survey will add me to your email/sms list. Seriously, who needs a survey like this? How many people are begging for data centers?
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 31/03/2026
Today is Trans Day of Visibility.
Trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people have always been here — from the hijra of India to the Diné nádleehi to the leaders who built the modern LGBTQIA+ movement here in New York.
Your existence is not up for debate. Your lives are not a political issue.
We're fighting for a city where every trans New Yorker can live openly, safely, and with joy.
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
we are the monsters
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
All talk, no substance. I'm a trans person in Maryland whom you have ignored at every possible opportunity.
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
i like it!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This is the conservative pitch to most Americans: Sure, you might be suffering as a result of our policies, but other people -- people who are different from you, people you don't like -- they're suffering a lot more than you, so it all works out.
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
From this Irish person, I request you TAKE ME OFF your ridiculous spam email list. I’ve called multiple times and submitted multiple unsubscribe actions online. I don’t want to hear from an AIPAC fury loving, genocidal, not even in my district, useless representative that can’t even say “🇺🇸 1st”
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/03/11/p...
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US strike likely hit a school in Iran due to outdated intelligence, sources briefed on initial findings say | CNN Politics
The US military accidentally struck an Iranian elementary school, in an attack that state media said killed at least 168 children and 14 teachers, likely due to outdated information about a nearby nav...
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
it’s awful, and everyday media fails us
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Hello friends, I have 3 specials coming up this month on WETA Virtuoso. Unfortunately, you have to hear them live, they won't be available to stream later. But I am really excited for these. weta.org/fm/classical...
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Women's Voices in Classical
Ahead of the Women's Voices in Classical special on WETA Virtuoso, John Banther shares an insight into three American women from three different backgounds, their music, and their incredible stories.
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
it's a regular reminder to everyone in the arts, not everyone (or even most) people at the top is there because they are the best. and they will open their mouths and tell you themselves, like he just did!
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
interesting! what type of ensemble/arrangement?
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
but how nice is the rip?
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I will check this out, in part because of the album cover!! I wish the lobster was bigger, and why!
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henselpushers @henselpushers.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Women’s history month thoughts: Societally, when we talk about marginalized or “forgotten” composers, what we typically talk about is the composer’s life story. These stories are important and often fascinating and compelling…
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
don’t give me ptsd 😭😅
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
actions speak louder than words, she won’t condemn genocide, she signed on supporting ice early last year, wont call for ice to abolished, wont separate from aipac, she does photo op after photo op and every single person i meet i ask their opinion. she is unprepared for the moment she signed up for
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
that was amazing, i needed that 😂 no way to predict it
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
that is interesting news, her office doesn't say she is for abolishing ice
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
just a senator assisting in BREAKING A VETS arm when he stands up says we don't want to die for israel
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
also, i called the number you listed, NOBODY answered.
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a gold star that says well done in front of fireworks
ALT: a gold star that says well done in front of fireworks
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
this is honestly one of the funniest posts you've made. only in english, no subtitles in spanish or other languages, "don't sign stuff without a lawyer," SAVE THIS VIDEO! and then this is NOT legal advice disclaimer. no link to an easy-to-read flyer or site with information to save.
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a poster for absolute cinema shows mickey mouse
ALT: a poster for absolute cinema shows mickey mouse
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
ya, she’s got an aesthetic difference. same old stuff, but that has come to an end, this song and dance won’t work any longer.
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
ah ok, so you have an aesthetic difference. 🤡
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
i have been trying to get you to stop sending me spam emails, i have called multiple times and i’ve filled out the online form multiple times. please whoever runs this account, TAKE ME OFF YOUR EMAIL
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
thank you
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
glad you liked it! i’ve always loved this concerto, soloist tells a story like non other. i also did the Sibelius a few episodes ago.
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
yikes! 😭
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Read more about Lubna Alyaan thisweekinpalestine.com/lubna-elian-...
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Lubna Elian Lubna, Her Family, and Her Violin Have Been Silenced Forever
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
My recent episode was in memory of Lubna Alyaan, a young violinist who was killed in an airstrike in 2023, along with her family, in the ongoing Palestinian genocide in Gaza. In this episode we look at 3 composers who were executed during the 20th century. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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3 Composers lost to Tyranny
Podcast Episode · Classical Breakdown · February 17 · 43m
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
She literally sided with ICE, and she won’t condemn GENOCIDE. We will not let her get another term, NOT ANOTHER ONE.
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
i feel like so many cd liners have blamed her for his death too, “and we hate her for it!”
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
i love that opening sentence, just swinging for the fences, all gas no brakes, i appreciate knowing that upfront
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a woman is sitting on an airplane looking at a monitor
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
awful to hear, sorry.
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
concerning
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john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Leadership is completely absent, and Chuck Schumer is failing at a game of checkers. They film themselves in one hand with a gun in the other shooting a woman in the face. ABOLISH ICE. Unfit for office, and the Baileys told me this personally!
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