johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 02/10/2026johncalogero.substack.com/p/my-journey...johncalogero.substack.comMy journey to understand democracyLooking forward to creating a new version of democracy 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Do we all need to be constitutional scholars? Yes. We need to read it, understand, and debate it. youtu.be/zOsXuaVcDoI?...youtu.beMelissa Murray | Full Episode 6.12.26 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBSYouTube video by Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS 34813
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Don't scroll. I know what I look like. ..." substack.com/@democraticw... 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Thank you, Marc Elias, for explaining this challenge to the very common practice voting by mail-in ballots. #DemocracyDocket #MarcElias #VoteByMail youtu.be/-V7TVJa2mMQ?...youtu.beALERT: This is a Major Win For DemocracyYouTube video by Democracy Docket 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 14/08/2026More democracy. Less apathy. More evenly distributed influence, power. The theorectical,"If I call a council member, a representative, I have same influence as the next person." Money has undermined democracy and gotten us here. Forward to more democracy, not back. youtube.com/shorts/VqheN...youtube.com"A Lot of Americans Don’t Like Freedom." Timothy Snyder on AuthoritarianismYouTube video by Katie Couric 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Freedoms and Rights. I have lived with the privilege of not knowing the difference. If I do not tell my representatives what I support and oppose, I am ceding representation and control to others. I did not know that democracy is a practice or it does not exist. substack.com/@defiance13/...substack.comOn Democracy as a PracticeMost people think democracy happens on Election Day. 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 31/07/2026youtube.com/shorts/4eg4B...youtube.comCanada just got lectured on forced labour by a country with 12-cent prison wages.YouTube video by Tod Maffin 000
Reposted by @johncalogero.bsky.socialJennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 18/05/2026In 2025, HHS issued stop work order for federal research lab that studies Ebola virus and other deadly pathogens and fired its director. This lab was a world leader in accelerating development therapies and vaccines for Ebola and other viruses. 1/ www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...wired.comRFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop ResearchNIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s departm... 341022605
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Rallying for democracy in Selma Alabama, again, as in 1965. Law professor and former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance asks us spread this news, again and again. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...open.substack.comSelma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965. 010
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 13/05/2026youtube.com/shorts/TnxmU...youtube.comBlack Robes That Barely Cover the White Robes Under ThemYouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Robert L. Arnold. Clarity. open.substack.com/pub/defiance...open.substack.comOn The Existential ThreatWe talk about America like it is land. 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Robert L. Arnold has a voice for the present. substack.com/@defiance13/... #RobertLArnold #Defiance #DefianceTilDeath #Democracysubstack.com“My Country is The World, And My Religion is To Do Good”There are sentences that sit politely in books forever … and then there are sentences that refuse to stay there at all. 010
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Liz Oyer. An example of an ethical public servant. Ethical public servant should be an unnecessary oxymoron and not exceptional. youtube.com/shorts/uMb82...youtube.comGhislaine Maxwell’s lawyerYouTube video by Lawyer Oyer 010
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Robert Reich referenced and quoted Jeremy Lent. I followed the link. open.substack.com/pub/jeremyle...open.substack.comBreaking the Consensus TranceWhy we need to recognize we're in a collective march to destruction 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 31/03/2026open.substack.com/pub/johncalo...open.substack.comTwo views on SaturdayNo Kings! 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Stimulating analysis! Heather Cox Richardson interviews Timothy Snyder, March 25, 2026. www.youtube.com/live/5kqslmq...youtube.comAmerican Conversations: Timothy SnyderYouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 24/03/2026An informative article in The Atlantic. Gift share! www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...theatlantic.comTrump’s Eye Is Already on Cuba“Regime change is lined up,” awaiting the president’s signal, according to one administration official. 021
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 11/03/2026A good yet incomplete summary of events leading up to now. Rise up! open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...open.substack.comThe Most Dangerous Weapon Ever Aimed at America Isn't a MissileIt's the deliberate, systematic destruction of your ability to know what's real... 000
Reposted by @johncalogero.bsky.socialMichelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Ousted South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life in prison for insurrection www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...washingtonpost.comOusted South Korean president sentenced to life in prison for insurrectionWhile the court denied prosecutors’ request for the death penalty, the life sentence imposed on Yoon Suk Yeol is a pivotal moment for South Korea’s democracy. 69034
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 10/02/2026We, all of us, "We The People" are responsible for what happens in our community, state, and country. substack.com/@thecause/no...substack.comL O L G O P (@thecause)Tuesday night, protesters packed the City Council meeting in Surprise, Arizona over a proposed ICE detention center. You need to hear what this man told the Council. 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Please read Robert L. Arnold open.substack.com/pub/defiance...open.substack.comOn Minnesota #1It’s 6:15 … I’m late to dinner, of course. 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 05/02/2026www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comThe Murder of The Washington PostToday’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special. 010
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 31/01/2026substack.com/@johncaloger...substack.comHumanity29 January 2026 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 28/01/2026open.substack.com/pub/johncalo...open.substack.com 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 27/01/2026youtube.com/shorts/7GfJB...youtube.com”Get as many people as possible to unsubscribe from OpenAI, from ChatGPT.“YouTube video by Raging Moderates 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 25/01/2026open.substack.com/pub/defiance...open.substack.comA Bridge Too Far ... On Alex PrettiI sat down to write about Liam Conejo Ramos yesterday. 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 12/01/2026youtube.com/shorts/44an_...youtube.comDOJ civil rights office refuses to investigate Renee Good killingYouTube video by Lawyer Oyer 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 11/01/2026youtu.be/qQAhv7j-NLM?...youtu.beMaking Sense of This Moment | ExplainerYouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Her sober annual post about the masacre at Wounded Knee. Heather Cox Richarson thank you for your prompt to never forget. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...open.substack.comDecember 28, 2025On the clear, cold morning of December 29, 1890, on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, three U.S. 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 17/12/2025From the White House and Congress, and at the state level, our representatives are failing us by not addressing gun violence, assertively and now. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...open.substack.comWhat a terrible thing it isMass shootings as regime change 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Every person needs to see this. substack.com/profile/5583...substack.comJohn Calogero (@johncalogero)First Amendment to the United States Constitution reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of spee... 000
Reposted by @johncalogero.bsky.socialPeace, Love, and a Handshake @peacelovehandshake.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Sound on! Americans and Canadians gathered at the Peace Arch border crossing today, in the rain, to rally for democracy and encourage you all to show up to your local NO KINGS events next weekend. Find an event near you at www.nokings.org. #NoKings #Indivisible 052
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 30/09/2025www.facebook.com/share/1ZTdmD...facebook.comRedirecting... 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 30/09/2025wapo.st/46GSwcvwapo.stTrump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found... 010
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Some words I shared at the Peace, Love, and a Handshake rally for the First Amendment at the Peace Arch. Thank you to everyone who was able to join and participate and to those who supported us (Heather). open.substack.com/pub/johncalo...open.substack.comPeace, Love, and a Handshake: Rally for the First AmendmentRally for freedom of speech and assembly at the Peace Arch on the border of Surry, British Columbia, Canada and Blaine, Washington, United States, Saturday September 27, 2025 110
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 19/09/2025We the people, us. There is "them" or "they" when talking about us. Dr. Heather Cox Richardson covers a lot, including the First Amendment preventing the federal government from restricting free speech. www.youtube.com/live/wWTZzfC... First Amendment: www.archives.gov/founding-doc...archives.govThe Bill of Rights: A TranscriptionNote: The following text is a transcription of the enrolled original of the Joint Resolution of Congress proposing the Bill of Rights, which is on permanent display in the Rotunda at the National Arch... 010
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Hello friends for democracy, If you skipped over Dr. Heather Cox Richardson's video interview with Doug Jones, please watch/listen. Dr. Richardson wonderfully elicit's key learnings from Doug Jones' work, lived experience, and recollections. Health and peace m.youtube.com/watch?v=bccq...m.youtube.comAmerican Conversations: Senator Doug JonesYouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson 033
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 14/09/2025I have enjoyed seeing this making the rounds. substack.com/@oldreddrago...substack.comDavid Ddraig Goch (@oldreddragon)This is what a President of the United States should be. Cankles McTaco Tits is a rapist, convicted felon, criminal, and a motherfucker that has committed TREASON. 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Please, everyone, read this. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...vanityfair.com“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s PrisonTufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met. 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 15/06/2025June 14, 2025 at Outward Bound in Spruce Head, Maine. 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Thanks to @olgalautman.bsky.social I recommend watching Scott Pelley's commencement address at Wake Forest. www.c-span.org/program/comm...c-span.orgScott Pelley Commencement Speech at Wake Forest UniversityCBS News [60 Minutes] correspondent Scott Pelley gave a commencement speech at Wake Forest University. "Your country needs you … it needs you today," he told the 2025 graduates. He further said, "The ... 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Liza Donnelly, New Yorker cartoonist, posted this on her way back from Europe. In Switzerland she shared a show of her work with Ann Telnaes, editorial cartoonist and famously no longer with the Washington Post after censorship. Valuable perspective from Europe. open.substack.com/pub/lizadonn...open.substack.comWe Can't be BystandersAs I wait for my connecting flight back to NYC, just some quick political news that you may have seen. 010
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Imagine, how many people we can get to join us? Then, make it so! Join me, online, attending Volunteer Blue/Together We Elect's event, “No Kings–Then or Now: *Historian Heather Cox Richardson, *Mass. AG Andrea Campbell, *US Rep. MD, Jamie Raskin - Rescheduled!” www.mobilize.us/volunteerblu...mobilize.usNo Kings–Then or Now: Historian H. Cox Richardson, AG Campbell, US Rep. Raskin - Rescheduled! · Volunteer Blue/Together We ElectNo Kings – Then or Now: Fighting on All Fronts RESCHEDULED: Volunteer Blue and its 40-plus partner organizations are (re)inviting you to join us on Friday, May 9th, for this special event. We will ... 010
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 28/04/2025substack.com/@viktorkravc...substack.comI Don’t Want to Be a Journalist AnymoreThis isn’t about headlines, it’s about staying human 020
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Dr. Leon Chameides spoke to the Connecticut Senate this morning in remembrance of the holocaust. He became a leader in the field of pediatric cardiology. Our families friends for 50 years. He positively impacted countless others. Please watch. Please pass it forward. vimeo.com/1078708687vimeo.com"Though Shall Not Be Indifferent"Dr. Leon Chameides Holocaust Remembrance Key Note Address at Ct State House (2025) 010
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Thank you Judge Xinis. Thank you Senator VanHollen. Thank you Judge Wilkinson. Thank you Heather Cox Richardson. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...open.substack.comApril 17, 2025Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) posted a picture of himself with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whom the Trump administration says it sent to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador t... 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 17/04/2025As usual, Kyla Scanlon says it well. open.substack.com/pub/kyla/p/c...open.substack.comCompliance is the New American DreamHow risk aversion has shaped our schools, our government, and our global standing 000
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 17/04/2025@adamkinzinger.bsky.social Hi Adam, Just watched your April 14 Emergency Video "It's bad. We may need to march in the streets. We're not there yet." I disagree. We're passed that point. Please ask your followers to join the Saturday April 19 protest 12 to 2pm in your time zone. Self Rescue! 010
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 08/04/2025johncalogero.substack.com/p/hands-off-...johncalogero.substack.comHands Off! SeattleA festive atmosphere brought together by serious concern 010
johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Four lawyers, three DoJ and one private, fired or resigned due to administration illegality and immorality. Informative if a little performative (Hey it's Congress). They're doing SOMETHING! www.youtube.com/live/ElEVeJA...youtube.comSchiff & Raskin Expose Trump’s Attacks on the Rule of Law in Major HearingYouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff 000
