Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezDavid Nir @davidnir.com · 30/04/2026Absolutely extraordinary. The Democrats conceded *nothing* and got everything they demanded. They said no ICE/CBP funding, and that's precisely what happened. In other words, they did not cave. At all. But the GOP did—completely. 8386512331
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 30/04/2026In the 24 hours since the Supreme Court's majority ruled to demolish the Voting Rights Act's remaining protections, Louisiana and Tennessee have already signaled that they'll redraw their congressional maps with the clear effect of shutting Black voters out. 649105284392
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 30/04/2026DeSantis’ attempt to remove childhood vaccine requirements for school entry has been defeated in Florida…by Republicans, of all things. I think polls showing that most Americans do, in fact, support vaccination and will, in fact, vote against people who are anti-vax are starting to sink in.arstechnica.comFlorida Republicans reject plan to weaken childhood vaccine requirementsDeSantis had called for a special session to take up the proposed changes. 20691208
Reposted by John Mckiernan-Gonzalezkristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Already vetted as a Biden Cabinet member with the experience for the job, we need to start the Becerra Era!!! 34523
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezDrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Let's usher in the #BecerraEra! Follow @xavierbecerra.bsky.social @becerraforca.bsky.social 411453
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Gonna spend the next two years spamming every elected Dem about the concept of "damnatio memoriae." Chisel his name off every inscription. Build over the various Trump Towers like they're Nero's Golden House. Remove him from physical memory, not to forget but as a sign of disrespect to the man. 22665361590
John Mckiernan-Gonzalez @mckiernangonzalez.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Over the past 50 years, the Republican trifecta has been cutting taxes for the ultra wealthy, economic collapse and ultimately unpopular and undemocratic wars abroad. I guess this president is working on the third part of the Republican brand right now. 030
John Mckiernan-Gonzalez @mckiernangonzalez.bsky.social · 07/01/2026“A series of video projections on large screens of the artist drawing the faces of disappeared persons with water on hot stones in the tropical heat. The faces emerged from his hand, then they slowly disappeared as the water evaporated.” open.substack.com/pub/biennial...open.substack.comBiennial Nomad: Musings on journeys to art biennials worldwideRemembering my first biennial 000
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 27/12/2025In Charlotte, hundreds of outraged and concerned community members crowded the pews of Dilworth United Methodist Church to learn how to use whistles to alert their immigrant neighbors of the unwelcome presence of mass deportation agents👇🏽 open.substack.com/pub/americas...open.substack.comAmericans Stood Up and Stood Strong for Their Immigrant Neighbors In 2025Americans refused to give in to the Trump administration’s hate and stepped up to defend immigrant community members. Let’s carry that energy into the new year. 226561
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/12/2025The economy is severely undermined, causing long-term damage 01010
Reposted by John Mckiernan-Gonzalezemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Honestly we're never more than an hour away from a story built on "escalation" as the news hook. 1338888
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/12/2025The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech. If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.ms.nowOpinion | Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorshipMike Masnick: In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. 583114904698
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezThe 51st @51st.news · 27/12/2025"I’m frustrated around the macro level, but on the micro level I really do believe this is what true organizing looks like: neighbor to neighbor, family to family, person to person.” @maustermuhle.bsky.social's story on how D.C. fought back against ICE was one of our team's favorites this year:51st.newsWith cellphone cameras and tip lines, D.C. residents find small ways to fight ICEHow neighbors and school communities are organizing against the immigration crackdown. 313644
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.” 20461092529
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezJennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 05/12/2025Masked thugs knocked out a peaceful protester outside the ICE facility in Portland then dragged his unconscious body away on a utility cart. Witnesses screamed, “He is not moving!” Another woman was tackled. This is state violence. We document it so no one can deny it. Share it everywhere. 13203176
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezTeddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Updates coming soon! This project needs your support — Please consider donating and sharing this project. Pardon Tracker is an independent investigative journalism and data visualization project, documenting the statements, activities, and networks of the Capitol Rioters pardoned by Donald Trump.fundrazr.comPardon TrackerPardon Tracker is an independent investigative journalism and data visualization project, documenting the statements, activities, and networks of the individuals that received pardons charges related ... 25228
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezChris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 02/11/2025If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven) projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...projects.propublica.orgTracking PPP: Search Every Company Approved for Federal Loans - ProPublicaAs part of the Paycheck Protection Program, the federal government has provided hundreds of billions in financial support to banks to make low-interest loans to companies and nonprofit organizations i... 4234411488
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 01/11/2025My response to @edsecmcmahon.govpeeps.us on twitter 28324133
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 02/11/2025At a recent presentation at Cambridge, (prince) Andrew biographer Andrew Lownie claims Epstein and Melania Trump were in a relationship before he introduced her to Trump. When his biography on Andrew was released, Trump forced the publisher to redact those portions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=62j0... 31785321
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Pete Hesgeth is getting our warfighters ready for the impending invasion of giant radial tires. WATCH THE HIGHWAYS, CITIZEN!!! 3735937
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/11/2025Sometimes I wonder if they’re stupid or complicit. They have to know that deportation, wealth hoarding, isolationism, and tariffs are bad for the economy. How many times to republican policies have to cause a recession before they get it? 4102773756
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezRandall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 29/10/2025In the 60-year history of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, it’s never run out of money. Here are the states suing the federal government over it. 21574157
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The Founders knew Congress - especially the House - was the backbone of U.S. democracy. It should be a huge story that Mike Johnson, serving Trump, has all but shut it down From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...inquirer.comIt didn’t take a Reichstag Fire to burn down Congress | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, what’s troubling about Maine’s Nazi tattoo flap. 792363931
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 29/10/2025I wrote about how Border Patrol taking the lead in immigration operations mirrors a shift that happens often in concentration-camp regimes, including Nazi Germany, and some ways we can respond.degenerateart.beehiiv.comWhen bad things get worseBorder Patrol, ICE, and the repetition of grim history. 16515231
John Mckiernan-Gonzalez @mckiernangonzalez.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Immigration agents remove license plates on cars during arrests "Flipping license plates or altering them in any way to avoid detection is strictly prohibited in Illinois," said Giannoulias in the video, “No one, including a federal agent, is above the law." www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g...npr.orgCamouflaging cars and swapping license plates: How agents make immigration arrestsImmigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S. 020
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 28/10/2025Donald Trump deleted this from the government website. Let's be clear: there's funding available to cover SNAP benefits next month. Trump is stopping SNAP benefits because he wants to. He is forcing mommas and babies to go hungry. 13934951665
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Breaking WaPo: The White House just fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of Trump's construction projects, including his planned arch in Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comWhite House fires arts commission expected to review Trump construction projectsThe moves comes as President Donald Trump pursues efforts to build a White House ballroom and a triumphal arch in Washington. 17320321105
John Mckiernan-Gonzalez @mckiernangonzalez.bsky.social · 28/10/2025This is ALSO a war on comedy and on comedians… 010
John Mckiernan-Gonzalez @mckiernangonzalez.bsky.social · 28/10/2025 It sure how I feel about this: “Colombia is a critical listening post in the Andes region for U.S. intelligence… between January 2024 and June 2025, 85 percent of all information acted on by a Pentagon task force in Key West, Fla., originated in Colombia.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Feud With Colombian Leader Threatens U.S. Antidrug Efforts 010
John Mckiernan-Gonzalez @mckiernangonzalez.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Is SNAP (Food Stamps) and/or WIC important for your family or community? How are these programs helping you make ends meet and care for your family right now? action.momsrising.org/survey/snap-...action.momsrising.orgIs SNAP (Food Stamps) and/or WIC important for your family or community?How are these programs helping you make ends meet and care for your family right now? 010
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezNan Warshaw @nanwarshaw.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Tell Congress to use every available mechanism to keep SNAP funded in November, right as Thanksgiving approaches. action.momsrising.org/sign/fund-sn...action.momsrising.orgTell Congress: Act Quickly to Keep SNAP Funded in November!Tell Congress to use every available mechanism to keep SNAP funded in November, right as Thanksgiving approaches. 68633
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/10/2025Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot." 486269738122
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 27/10/2025The President just announced he is giving $20 billion of taxpayer money to bail out Argentina. That’s outrageous. If he was willing to spend that money in America - to keep American health premiums from skyrocketing, the shutdown would be over tomorrow. 23147241547
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezMelody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 27/10/2025NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months. That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comThreat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid offCritics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril 16716464
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/10/2025Walz: "They are paying contractors to pay down the East Wing but they're not putting money into the food bank. So if there's a sense of frustration in America, it's very real ... when the White House press secretary said their top priority is the ballroom, we could not disagree more." 646288579371
Reposted by John Mckiernan-Gonzalezemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23/10/2025It is legit the case that the ballroom is partially funded by Palantir, so Peter Thiel, who DID fund Epstein. Also, Microsoft, so Bill Gates. 34864318
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23/10/2025BREAKING: Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public. In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations. 600214895650
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House 1249163019456
John Mckiernan-Gonzalez @mckiernangonzalez.bsky.social · 24/10/2025I am guessing the Republican Party skipped over the part where the president is expected to be a “faithful executor of the laws” passed by Congress. 19thnews.org/2025/10/east...19thnews.orgFirst ladies made history in the East Wing. It was razed for Trump’s ballroom.The East Wing is home to the Office of the First Lady and has played a key role in women’s visibility in the White House. 000
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/10/2025🚨 oh look! Jack Smith is calling Marsha Blackburn’s bluff. Surely she should want him to testify publicly if she isn’t entirely full of 💩, right? Right?? www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/p... 458176595086
John Mckiernan-Gonzalez @mckiernangonzalez.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Views from the softball fields built to to honor East Side Chicano Parks & Rec activist/advocate Roy Guerrero … stay gold, pony boy… 010
John Mckiernan-Gonzalez @mckiernangonzalez.bsky.social · 22/10/2025more ebullience : “Chicago says, No ketchup, no kings.” I left the parade full of the pleasure of being a part of a vast humanity. It’s a feeling that may soon be extinguished if we do not exercise our power of free assembly.” The Rise of Inflatable Resistance www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Rise of the Inflatable Chicken Resistance 030
Reposted by John Mckiernan-Gonzalezemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20/10/2025This filing, from the lawyer for Miramar Martinez, is pertinent to IL's bid to sustain their TRO on ICE/CBP at SCOTUS today. It shows that FBI's own evidence shows Tricia McLaughlin lied in her public statement about the event. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 16749284
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/10/2025The networks took the much smaller Tea Party movement so seriously they broadcast a Tea Party rebuttal to Obama’s 2011 SOTU on top of the normal GOP one. 13899672274
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/10/2025See the difference? 👀 #NoKings 452295009230
John Mckiernan-Gonzalez @mckiernangonzalez.bsky.social · 20/10/2025The only king in ABQ - Dino Rex 000
Reposted by John Mckiernan-GonzalezGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 05/10/2025I understand this. Please tell me you do, too. 597245536835