John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Not only implementing the authoritarian playbook, the Trump administration also bringing online the apartheid model: all but state-sponsored immigration is not only illegal, but immigrants have no human rights at all www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...nytimes.comTrump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Week 010
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Joe Rogan speaking out against them would be more impactful than a Supreme Court ruling to this administration. Or is he not political now, or against due process and the Constitution? www.newsweek.com/joe-rogan-te...newsweek.comJoe Rogan's Tesla remark takes internet by stormThe popular podcast host's comment about self-driving racked up more than 41.5 million views in less than one day. 010
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 16/04/2025podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comSections 8-10 – “By Blue Ontario’s Shore” by Walt WhitmanPodcast Episode · The Anarcho-spiritual Broadcast · 04/16/2025 · 10m 010
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 16/04/2025I stopped watching Bill Maher when he smoked a blunt on his podcast as he argued with Henry Winkler about how many Gazan children had died, absent-mindedly defending Israel. You’ve relativized yourself into backwardness Bill Maher. Or is it some dark money payroll? www.wonkette.com/p/bill-maher...wonkette.comBill Maher: Trump’s Useful IdiotThe longest, most obvious "why I left 'The Left' grift" in human history. 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Bill Maher’s first show was “Politically Incorrect.” Remember that quaint old phrase? The Right assailed political correctness for 30 years until they had a candidate fit to embody the lack of it. Now it means what it usually has throughout history: might is right www.wonkette.com/p/bill-maher...wonkette.comBill Maher: Trump’s Useful IdiotThe longest, most obvious "why I left 'The Left' grift" in human history. 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 15/04/2025The people are out there protesting. Why are congressional Democrats not doing whatever it takes to shut down the operation of government until the Constitution is followed and due process are restored? 000
Reposted by John Patrick HawleyCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 14/04/2025If Democratic congressional leadership don’t lead an en masse halt to all legislative business after today, I don’t know why they’re worth supporting. What moment could more demand a response of intractable and tedious opposition? Shut it all down, and refuse to budge. 13292022371
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 12/04/2025We’re in a constitutional crisis and I need Walt Whitman right now. wp.me/p9JhVo-B4wp.me“Over The Carnage Rose Prophetic A Voice” by Walt WhitmanWe’re in a constitutional crisis and I need Walt Whitman right now. In this episode I take a break from reading “By Blue Ontario’s Shore” to become possessed by a barking, c… 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 11/04/2025This is some serious sign art. Well done folks 010
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 11/04/2025A tariff, a tariff, my kingdom for a tariff! It’s a good distraction while we move closer to Russia and normalize relations without mentioning Ukraine, and clarify they are not joking about sending US citizens to extralegal imprisonment in El Salvador 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 11/04/2025The whole administration is a locker room 010
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 11/04/2025That’s right, not one penny. Maybe if we got 10000 people together at the Senator’s office, and they all brought 100 pennies, we could send a message by leaving a million pennies on their doorstep, just to remind them. It would be a good visual 030
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 11/04/2025We’re in a constitutional crisis and I need Walt Whitman right now. Chant me the poem of America, and bring me your Leaves, Walt, the soaring song of these States… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.com“By Blue Ontario’s Shore” by Walt WhitmanPodcast Episode · The Anarcho-spiritual Broadcast · 04/10/2025 · 5m 010
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 06/04/2025I like the way this person thinks. So big proposing seems ridiculous, almost perilous, yet exciting simone.org/advertising/simone.orgWhat If We Made Advertising Illegal?What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering. 020
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Meet the Kansas City chapter of Veterans For Peace. Hopefully I will connect with them again at today’s pro-peace, anti-Trump rallies. youtu.be/KPcEq27bivA?...youtu.beKansas City Veterans For PeaceYouTube video by KC WHAT 000
Reposted by John Patrick HawleyRep. Emanuel Cleaver @cleaver.house.gov · 04/04/2025The National WWI Museum and Memorial is a local treasure that honors the service and sacrifice of the men & women who fought in the Great War. It’s deeply frustrating that President Trump is allowing Elon Musk to cut funding for this institution that serves our community. fox4kc.com/news/nationa...fox4kc.comNational WWI Museum project halted due to federal cutsA significant project within Kansas City’s National World War I Museum and Memorial is on hold. 3148
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 05/04/2025I’m in KC too! Going to the Plaza event today 110
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 04/04/2025How can I organize for Bernie in Kansas City? youtu.be/70nHmlapu7wyoutu.beWhere Do We Go From Here?YouTube video by Bernie Sanders 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 04/04/2025How can I organize for Bernie in Kansas City? youtu.be/70nHmlapu7wyoutu.beWhere Do We Go From Here?YouTube video by Bernie Sanders 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 04/04/2025youtu.be/6sE_2D4KdlYyoutu.beHow does the uniting idea on the left inform the anti-Trump protest movement?YouTube video by KC WHAT 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Thank you Cory Booker, we are with you 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Dems: We need new ideas and voices! Me: What about helping me try a theoretical model to create jobs and engaged local citizens, united by seven principles and operated according to 20 axioms? Dems: Not that, something that follows conventional patterns of thinking, and aligns with our donor class 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Right message, wrong language: Trumpism is “toxic,” the Democrats are simply unpopular, and lacking in vision www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/u...nytimes.comCalifornia Governor Newsom Says the Democratic Brand Is ‘Toxic’Gov. Gavin Newsom, appearing on “Real Time With Bill Maher,” said his own party talked down to people and was stuck in an echo chamber. 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 30/03/2025I wasn’t joking either about Democratic governors using the levers they have and backing the creation of delegations of the people in their state, organizing and sending them to Washington monthly www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...nbcnews.comTrump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing soPresident Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.” 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 30/03/2025nextdoor.com/p/WHGJTGW9Kj...nextdoor.comWhat is the single uniting idea for the Left? 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 30/03/2025youtu.be/YdGUBY-ISVE @cleaver.house.gov @kcdefender.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democracynow.org @protectdemocracy.org @boldprogressives.org @usprogressives.bsky.socialyoutu.beInterrogating the Left - What is the positive uniting theme to counter Trumpism?YouTube video by KC WHAT 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 30/03/2025youtu.be/KJWuS_VOoQA?... @kansascity.com @cleaver.house.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.socialyoutu.beKC ranked #3 US city to suffer most from trade war, Canada saysYouTube video by FOX4 News Kansas City 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 29/03/2025My concept is a working class building project, an economic engine that could be adopted in any city, demonstrating to politicians the living wage jobs, creative collaboration, and future-oriented thinking that citizens are seeking. Start small, with daily meal and meeting menus, and build it up 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 29/03/2025youtu.be/wZDEGyHWFCAyoutu.beMarch For Democracy Interviews 2 - Uniting Ideas on the Left - "A recommitment to public education"YouTube video by KC WHAT 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I attended the “March For Democracy” today in Kansas City and interviewed people to find the top uniting idea to counter Trumpism, and begin a top ten list of ideas for a progressive project. @cleaver.house.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.org @democracynow.org youtu.be/9W32XzZl30g?...youtu.beI interview anti-Trump demonstrators and ask them to name the top uniting idea on the leftYouTube video by KC WHAT 040
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Could someone recommend a crowdfunding platform for my progressive business model? Summary Principles and Axioms PDF - www.kcwhat.com/texts The spending is laid out as operating principles generalized into a $5000 model that is designed to scale to a certain level. youtu.be/iSqel9byi1syoutu.beI explain how the organization of the future starts in three minutesYouTube video by KC WHAT 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Going to the peaceful march to Liberty Memorial today in Kansas City, meet at 10am at 13th and Grand 030
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Democratic governors and congress members need to act now, and use their power to fund local community-building projects in their states and districts. Or just stand by as the Trump administration signals its willingness to fund lawless, private militias? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/u...nytimes.comTrump Administration Considers Money for Pardoned Jan. 6 RiotersPresident Trump said there was “a lot of talk about” creating a compensation fund because they had lost wages and other opportunities because they were prosecuted for storming the Capitol. 033
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Where are the new concepts to organize and match this moment? If there are none, isn’t it time Independent and Democratic politicians began looking for them? Does anyone have a real grassroots progressive vision? 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I’m sure the Democrats have a rally planned to rival Musk’s “talk” on Sunday 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Democratic governors need to fund delegations of the people in their state, who go door to door signing up new voters, and in the meantime send these hybrid organizations and delegations to Washington every weekend. This is how they start off as economically self-sustaining: youtu.be/iSqel9byi1syoutu.beI explain how the organization of the future starts in three minutesYouTube video by KC WHAT 020
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Don’t make fun of the bad lighting and my hurried speech in this video, I’m genuinely trying to make a point in three minutes and talk faster, I know a middle aged white guy is not the best spokesperson for the organization of the future, I’m just a writer youtu.be/iSqel9byi1syoutu.beI explain how the organization of the future starts in three minutesYouTube video by KC WHAT 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 28/03/2025@cleaver.house.gov Congressman Cleaver, will you step up and help me fund the first community-building project in KC, to be an economic engine, to get out the vote, and to organize protests and take to the streets? And will you call on Senator Hawley with us to hold a town hall meeting in two weeks? 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Is Senator Josh Hawley awake, or is he drunk with power and about to sleep off an entire legislative session, abandoning the rule of law because he’s thirsty af to become king of America next? Deign to explain your reasonings to us simpletons here, esteemed Senator Hawley youtu.be/hvcThQsyYqkyoutu.beNews: Dog issues more statements about constitutional law than Fmr Atty Gen Josh Hawley in 2 monthsYouTube video by KC WHAT 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 28/03/2025youtu.be/sdePR1oNUZE?...youtu.beHiding in plain slight: where is Senator Josh Hawley? Does he have any answers?YouTube video by KC WHAT 000
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Hello? Hello impotent Democratic governors, remember states rights, that old founding principle of our Constitution? Use the power you do have, right now, to fund and secure grassroots community-building projects, and create delegations of thousands in functional units to go to Washington 010
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Community development on the local level is the only way to organize a direct and lasting response to Trumpism. It demands a grassroots approach at this moment over corporate initiatives. I’m busy trying to describe the new progressive project in KC right now, the community-building project model 030
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 27/03/2025youtu.be/JI9Rs4n8ArUyoutu.beWhy won't Senator Josh Hawley have a town hall meeting?YouTube video by KC WHAT 032
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Democratic governors must use the levers they have, and fund delegations of the people, that organize city by city and travel to DC by the tens of thousands. Nothing short of that will bring Senate Republicans to the table to talk sense about stopping the illegal erosion of Constitutional principles 010
John Patrick Hawley @johnpatrickhawley.bsky.social · 27/03/2025youtu.be/z9XLAQddXa8youtu.beWhere is Josh Hawley? Busy ignoring his constituentsYouTube video by KC WHAT 111