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John Flannery

@jonflan.bsky.social
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Former federal prosecutor, “law and politics that’s what I do,” I represent the abused and the misunderstood, try cases, write and comment, lecture, Holly and I run a rescue for pigs, 24 currently, e-mail - jonflan@aol.com,

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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 13h
Walk & Talk - Trump grows desperate day by day - Rep Omar from Minnesota called out DHS for its state violence and killings; today DHS searched her lodging in DC, rather than her home in Minnesota - youtu.be/MaZYr-ojU58?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Sit & Talk - the Nobel Peace Prize instructs us what is important when it comes to the law, and sets aside the failures of a president who disregards the law - Time to rid us of the Enemy Within. youtu.be/gMvB0rFgzE0?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Stand & Talk - following the winds north home - not there yet - Trump betrays Zelensky and American values, posed to sue networks, thinks he’s deserving of a peace prize, and a visit to L Graham “resting ground.” youtu.be/Wr3g-C3Az4A?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Sit & Talk - Trump makes Russian deal with enemy of Ukraine and ally to Iran, he likes firing squads, no kinder or gentle way, trees give us life, T thinks not, Trump cuts them down - youtu.be/uybIYJVLmPM?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Stand & Talk - can they possibly be worse on a daily basis - how do you feel about firing squads, Iran doubling down in the Straits, Arlington county suing to stop the Golden Arch, & another Iceman cometh to shoot an unarmed man? youtu.be/GzSCzcVR2wA?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Walk & Talk - around our SC - hood - taking issue with the chaos that is Trump - moving Camp David, requested Iran bombing of CA, Raskin for Speaker, hiding our bombers in Brit Land - more - youtu.be/9MNor1eqB8A?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sit & Talk - renewing a family relationship with the Holly Smith Tree & inspired by what they do for the disabled, & for civil rights & liberties and such a relief from a president who invites puppeteer Putin to bomb the US -https://youtu.be/zBx1NX7iHR0?is=erWQ34iOmnuwvs2A
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Walk & Talk - Trump to talk to a closed truck plant, losing 1400 workers, & in a state that wants fracking to stop polluting the ground water, in SC we see trailers and people just surviving, a lake w/ shore lines receding. youtu.be/YGCm02h3Rtw?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Stand & Talk - our travels to South Carolina gives us some idea of the opposing forces and the intensity of players to shun and outlaw Trump - youtu.be/SLNkh75xIu4?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Walk & Talk - end of a drive for the day - in North Carolina - and discovered that Trump thinks $90 is enough Medicare for anyone - sigh - and Sly belly aches - youtu.be/WqmUHOGmQ9k?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sit & Talk - Off to S. Carolina - but 1st csdr - Associate Justice Barrett is pro life but thinks execution is fine, Trump needs our help to make ads - w/ our money, his favorite lines are not working, see Texas and Utah. youtu.be/jCpOiIgQ9Ck?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you want to be reminded about the beauty and art of a woman whose hands vibrate on a keyboard so quickly, they are a blur; compare this contribution to human kind with the craven low life Trump who distributes only pain and suffering - youtu.be/fjAsT-5D0fw?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sit & Talk - we kill because we‘re punishing killers - but we do it the most evil way, Trump leans on US Atty Pirro to prosecute an innocent jogger, the NY Guv asked the AG to investigate Cornell -https://youtu.be/6oMuV_3wEGs?is=Sl6hr-oXZxse_zWG
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Walk & Talk - consider the errors of the day - Hegseth declares its an act of treason to report on the Iran War, NY State law says if the woman drinks, then she may not complaint about rape - and we thought it was about consent - youtu.be/yDXYXdf2q1g?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Walk & Talk - Chinese capitalism & Trump’s bromance with “that commie,” we get just two pandas to ignore Chinese military aid to Iran, dying to participate in China’s business success. Tech billionaires dine & fawn over each other. youtu.be/FAwhfo4uvW8?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Walk & Talk - Pope Leo explains science to the Dull Dim Wit in the Oval Office, exposes Trump’s failure to care to understand AI, our armed forces are devoted to hurting a 19 yr old who hurled himself off a battleship - youtu.be/uwA61P1qpR0?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Walk & Talk - graffiti Trump can’t get his way - burn the Kennedy Center to the ground, at UNGA, he says annihilate Iran - cool it man - Tucker Carlson says remove Trump for his threat - say article 25 to kick him to the curb - youtu.be/Ua9InEj1anU?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sit & Talk - Congress passed $810 Million for immigrants, minority groups, climate change, Trump refuses to spend the money - next stop, court, Trump lifts pollution rules & opposes electric cars as Trump’s war makes oil cost more - youtu.be/HpSxkCkqRMg?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Swarm intelligence rightly concerns us - synchronizing autonomous oscillators - one eg., fire flies (actually beetles) synchronize - they first blink independently but then all together - they blink off (dark) or on (light). youtu.be/IEDkjaef-qQ?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pete Buttigieg may lead during Trump’s final days and then run himself. His advocacy is conversational, with content and answers about what to do, he’s stumping the country to help Dems. Anyhow watch this interview. youtu.be/GqB0Bksp7Hc?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Walk & Talk - We voted in VA today - both Holly and I - and we must encourage everyone we know to vote - send a message, while Trump invades SS confidentiality, lacks the “supreme” intelligence he invokes, … & we got 2 panda -https://youtu.be/cM9vOqRBNA4?is=cm9gdotG5HCBm2hc
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
RIDING - It‘s been said there’s nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse. Holly & I haven’t been on a horse for years. Today, Holly & I rode by the waters of the Potomac on tree lined paths, an easy walk on a light rein.
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Walk & Talk - Trump could hardly wait to fall over himself, praising China, who’s in charge there?, the court told our felon one-man crime wave Trump to allow the press access to the oval room where Trump spins his autocratic web - youtu.be/MkpfgXhOdaA?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sit & Talk - There’s nothing authentic or redeeming in Trump’s assault on our nation and its people. Let’s review the method of his madness. youtu.be/MkpfgXhOdaA?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sit & Talk - From another ICE gangster on the street shooting a Venezuelan in the back, to the Commander in Chief telling the world he wants to annihilate Iran, we’ve left behind the obligation to preserve & protect our nation’s values youtu.be/VfKT5bz4V8M?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Walk & Talk - ICE strikes again, this time in Austen, Texas, Congress leaves town like we won’t know, if they’re gone, what they’ve done by doing Trump’s bidding - to destroy our Republic - youtu.be/W-4ihvW0pVc?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Walk & Talk - we know how important our freedom of speech is by the vigor and lies fascists invoke in response. It is an outrage that Trump closed the WH doors to the “press.” It is exhilarating and wonderful to see citizens occupy the space around the Kennedy Center. youtu.be/_qTJeIXJRmI?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Walk & Talk - in DC the streets around the Kennedy Center were crowded with protesters, objecting to Trump’s demolition of a heartfelt standard of what’s best and bright and artful and historic and a long standing tribute to Jack - youtu.be/fW0uyXAOoDk?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Walk & Talk - The interest rates go up because of the Iran War, and we have a president that wants to tear down buildings and obstruct Arlington National Cemetery - More - youtu.be/fsKFgQwKEmM?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Walk & Talk - swarm intelligence helps us to understand what can go wrong w/ AI - it’s about distributed intelligence between autonomous entities that can operate independently of an operator - a few thoughts on the subject. youtu.be/5_S5oxzufBM?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sit & Talk - fat stuff, don’t scratch your name on the Center that is Kennedy’s, so said the judge savior, and those pesky ballots, leave it alone Trump - we don’t think of you as knowing how to count ballots or anything else - youtu.be/zK-6q0C7uY0?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Walk & Talk - Crazy A-I & Trump, the self-styled strong leader to keep us safe - now there’s a laugh, Trump bankrupted (or soon will bankrupt) the Kennedy Center because the graffiti meister wants his name inscribed. youtu.be/X3qekOPl0GA?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Walk & Talk - pledge allegiance to the big toad and join his election crime spree? The Speaker is an example of artificial intelligence. But he’s ready to think out of the box. “Think” you say? Hmm. youtu.be/CIVpgPq7wco?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Walk & Talk - scoring a series of events that underscore the tragedy that is Trump - it’s up to us to revive our republic. youtu.be/IQrWNxETQRc?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Walk & Talk - We suffered the disaster that was 9-11 but learned little - we’ve a President who said on 9-11, when the towers fell, that he had the tallest building in NY; Trump is our latter day 9 - 11 - we must end his scary reign - youtu.be/JHSOnjnaTZg?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sit & Talk - The dancing hands of Navarro, WH agent for Trump, defends a Fox anchor who was fired for ignoring Fox overlords who thought it better not to have Trump’s false statements about elections discussed on the air. youtu.be/HoEQj_c3Yhg?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Walk & Talk - if we can’t “align” AI with our human goals, we are at risk of extinction by their growth - the techies say; in other sad bad news, we may have to crawl through glass to vote in person - or mail at our own risk - youtu.be/13yqe3TId0k?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Sit & Talk - about the miracles of science and medicine, and how these advances go unappreciated and unsupported - transplants as a special example - youtu.be/EhfcGcKH68A?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Walk & Talk - a day of Labor having little to do with the nation’s working men and women - youtu.be/r0s1k6MImWk?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Trump wants to re-name New Mexico. He can’t. But we can re-name him - the Bald Felon, Pedo Blocker, Child Killer, War Criminal, Last fascist Prez, Murdering Misanthrope, Man Child, Tyro Tyrant, Sleepy, Stinky, Big Bad Bully, www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/u...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Walk & Talk - We must be wary of the dem dinosaurs that favor the filthy rich, and run down those who favor social programs, worse they act slowly if they act at all, more ... youtu.be/6_q1xSotB0c?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Walk & Talk - a jury knew what was right, how a woman could have killed her three children, & tried to kill herself, from post partum psychosis; it’s a study in science, bias against women, and citizens keeping the “system” honest youtu.be/EJsqa8jmQNg?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Walk & Talk - This is not the time for some host to ask does Trump understand or to whine about his misconduct w/o arguing how to stop it; Trump in his addled mind is the creator and destroyer; we are in the final rounds when we break Trump’s hold on the Republic - youtu.be/tJte0iceMY4?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Sit & Talk - they say not rain nor snow - nor anything else - will hinder delivery of our mail - but then Trump wanted to fix the mid-term election by getting the post office to w/hold mail in ballots from the states. youtu.be/Zl6-hZNOlAY?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem inspired we the people to act, she spoke truth when "leaders" muttered nostrums, while she fought for liberty; re-visit your brothers and sisters in the 500,000 march on Washington in 2017; listen to Gloria, & vote. - vimeo.com/201807042?sh...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Walk & Talk - the moment that reveals all - in this case the president’s perfidy - consider how ICE treats a starry eyed 20 year old refugee from Haiti - youtu.be/z1FLuvhINKQ?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Sit & Talk - How does Trump’s Sup. Crt maintain public trust when Trump gets what he wants, so “taking” works for him, but not for you and I; we share a life natural and w/ one another, sometimes by way of the Willow. youtu.be/Wl_AuyA3prY?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Sit & Talk - Felon Trump and his filthy rich crooked cabal invaded Venezuela, that was a war crime, as a cover to steal oil, another crime, while misdirecting and pretending they gave a damn about drug dealing; the new America. youtu.be/eb4oK-u2TD0?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Walk & Talk - Great meet with Bill Buie & daughter Jackie (out to make a difference), Tucker thinks nuclear is bad & dangerous, Wow, Canadian historian thinks Trump is a moron, we kidnap Madura so we can steal Venezuela’s oil, more - youtu.be/PFA5_AKO4Lc?...
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John Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Walk & Talk - you might think it’s nobody’s business where you’re driving. That’s your private business. Well watch out for those police cameras. When I was a law student in 1972, we protested the loss of privacy - still at it - youtu.be/gkRVxFNlFI8?...
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