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L. A. Johnson

@resistor189.bsky.social
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Retired teacher, author of 5 books, avid reader, I like eBay. My first party was Independent, followed by Republican. After Reagan, I became a Democrat. I'm proud to have voted for Obama, Clinton, Biden, and Harris.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026
The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The lone woman on Tennessee's death row was still alive after she was administered two lethal injections, her lawyer said in a motion seeking to halt her execution Wednesday night, a stunning development after the Supreme Court had stepped in to allow the state to put her to death.
At 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said
"executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring," her lawyers said in a federal court filing.
They said Pike "has not lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat," and that curtains to the death chamber "have gone down twice."
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Raptor Lover @jkbcab24.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He represented all those Republicans who thought they had Jack Smith in a lie!!! lol Eric Schmitt is the guy Republicans wanted to run with JD Vance for president in 2028.
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Get ready for Trump to turn on Ken Paxton
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Get ready for Trump to turn on Ken Paxton
On Wednesday, The New York Times published secretly obtained audio in which the Texas Republican nominee for Senate admitted that President Donald Trump’s midterm convention hurt the GOP more than it…
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David Combest @decombest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump Derangement Syndrome Claims New Victim, It Is Ken Paxton www.wonkette.com/p/trump-dera...
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Trump Derangement Syndrome Claims New Victim, It Is Ken Paxton
Do not resuscitate campaign.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Get ready for Trump to turn on Ken Paxton
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Get ready for Trump to turn on Ken Paxton
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.commondreams.org/news/ken-pax... Texas maga US Senate nominee Ken Paxton privately conceded that trump’s big “Trumpapalooza” midterm convention in the state backfired politically…..
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'It Dropped Our Numbers': In Leaked Audio, Ken Paxton Admits Trump's Texas Convention Backfired | Common Dreams
Texas GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton admits Trump's "Trumpapalooza" convention hurt his campaign. Leaked audio reveals Paxton's concerns.
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sdambrosio.bsky.social @sdambrosio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Paxton: Trump GOP midterm convention ‘dropped our numbers’ | Nitza Ramos
Ken Paxton: Donald Trump GOP midterm convention ‘dropped our numbers’ https://lnkd.in/e2YpyaTz Paxton: Trump GOP midterm convention ‘dropped our numbers’ by Julia Mueller - 09/30/26 9:50 AM ET "“So...
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Tim Goodacre - Writer @timgoodacre.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So apparently there's a thing going around where you post a vampire who isn't Dracula. Too easy.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Ken Paxton desperately tried to defend his handling of a child predator case by claiming the defendant “served 60 days.” Then came the Community Note...
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Ken Paxton Defends Handling of Child Predator Case
Community Note: “Paxton's office initially recommended 1 day in jail.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
NEWS: A unanimous 11th Circuit just REFUSED to halt sanctions stemming from Trump’s $1.8 billion insurrectionist “slush fund” saga
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Trump Loses Bid to Freeze Sanctions Over His IRS Scheme
A unanimous Eleventh Circuit panel left Judge Kathleen Williams free to enforce restrictions born from her finding that Trump used a federal lawsuit to manufacture judicial legitimacy for an administr...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Does the Hawks/Hawkeyes thing actually play into this or is it just an amusing sidebar? Because the more I look at "the evidence" the more it seems like the logic was: "Jack Smith went to a game on this day" "Only NBA game on that day was Hawks game" "Ergo he went to an NIBA game in Atlanta"
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@sawsharee.Baku.social @sawsharee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thank You Erin Burnett For Bringing The Receipts! Mixing Up The HAWKS With The HAWKEYES And Then Calling Jack Smith “A TOTAL DIRTBAG!” Senator Eric Schmitt Is A Disgrace And An Embarrassment To The U.S. Senate And The State Of Missouri! Do You Agree?
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meet Capitol Hill’s new poster-boy for RANK INCOMPETENCE: ERIC SCHMITT tried to carry out a big gotcha moment against Jack Smith predicated on rank incompetence Dude, for starters… the NBA Atlanta Hawks and the University of Iowa Lady Hawks Basketball teams are not the same.
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 30/09/2026
🇮🇶 🇺🇸 The #US military announced on Wednesday that it has completed the withdrawal of all American troops from #Iraq, ending a 12-year mission to fight the #IslamicStategroup. The last US troops left an air base in northern Iraq under a deal between Baghdad and Washington. 
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
US withdrawal from Iraq was scheduled a few years in advance. But with Iran hitting US bases there, and Iran-allied Iraqi militias launching drones at Saudi Arabia, the withdrawal looks—to everyone in the region, and the wider world—like the US under fire ceding more of the Middle East to Iran.
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loriagne.bsky.social @loriagne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Israel plane ‘hijacking’ live: Pilot ‘stabs co-pilot’ as aircraft plunges 13,000ft
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The 🇬🇧 Headline Bot @uk-headlines.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📰 Metro Co-pilot 'stabs captain in plane hijack attempt before passengers overpower him' ⟶ Metro | headline in context
Metro: Co-pilot 'stabs captain in plane hijack attempt before passengers overpower him'
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Upstract @upstract.com · 30/09/2026
Israeli Officials Suspect Terror Link After Co-Pilot Allegedly Stabs Captain — A Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after a cockpit fight sent the plane plunging thousands of feet. Israeli officials said the co-pilot is believed to have…
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Israeli Officials Suspect Terror Link After Co-Pilot Allegedly Stabs Captain
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Cassandra, Prophet of Doom-🐧verified @stacy17.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh he’s just the cutest & my kind of Commando. Someone should let ICE know about this. 😏 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Chihuahua becomes National Guard sensation
Mexico's National Guard says an adopted Chihuahua named Comando is being trained as a mascot and for search-and-rescue work as well.
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L. A. Johnson @resistor189.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think this is cool.
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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.kyivpost.com/post/85642 A hungry winter is coming . . . .
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Russia Rejects Black Sea Grain Truce as Ukraine Warns Exports Could Stay Critical for Months
Countries that have tried to mediate between Kyiv and Moscow informed Ukraine that the Kremlin had rejected the options discussed.
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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
REALITY! ! ! ! ! I'd point out that our narcissist president is only getting started, just think how much more he can fuck up in the next 2 years! .
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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Boricuabc2 @boricuabc2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
SO “COMMUNISTS” in states is BAD but inviting actual communists to the WH is OK> IM so confused
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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Fascists are marching . . . .
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Trump's 'Noble' Peace Prize @laboomer68.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
. "I have great and unmatched wisdom. I'm a stable genius. I'm the chosen one. How long can fix it? I'll get a Nobel Prize. The press is the enemy. Smarter than US generals."
"I have great and unmatched wisdom. I'm a stable genius. I'm the chosen one. How long can fix it? I'll get a Nobel Prize. The press is the enemy. Smarter than US generals."
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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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AngryVeteran @angryveteran.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As I know someone who is recovering from a stroke I learned about stroke fatigue, where the person just gets tired suddenly and needs to sleep.... Not saying trump had a stroke but it explains alot.....
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AngryVeteran @angryveteran.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
His right leg is unresponsive, trump had a stroke and his handlers are hiding it from us..
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ClarG @clargee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump, thinking he's solved the AI and data centre problem with a stroke of rebranding genius..
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🪻ELLA LEE🌷 @ellaleeuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As a US citizen, I kindly request that you take action to make this happen. This could potentially lead to a stroke or heart attack for a certain orange pedo. So, I BEG OF YOU, PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 👍👍👍👍 apnews.com/article/carn...
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Mark Carney's stand against Trump leads to Nobel Peace Prize and Time Person of the Year buzz
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has built a global profile by standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Mary Hilton @maryhilt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When he's gone, the truth of his actual health will come out. That's he's had more than 1 stroke-like about 5 but they kept it hidden. The signs are flashing bright red all over and nobody dares to speak up. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-80-spa...
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Trump, 80, Sparks Alarm With Twisted Body Part
Viewers noticed a strange detail in footage of the president.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 30/09/2026
A body language specialist is dissecting Fuckface's hand tremors from the Zelensky meeting and the Oval Office, calling them involuntary and possibly stroke related, plus a total collapse in his ability to pay attention when anyone else talks. He just ignores it and moves on.
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Psychologist exposes Trump’s 'concerning' new stroke-like symptoms
President Donald Trump exhibited "concerning behaviors" and symptoms on his right side during a recent public appearance, one psychologist noted in a new video, bearing an alarming resemblance to pati...
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🐕‍🦺Evelyn·Kola🩵🌊 @evelynkola.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
No matter how much he tries to hide it, he can't conceal the fact that he's an idiot.
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🐕‍🦺Evelyn·Kola🩵🌊 @evelynkola.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
He even got booed in deep red Tennessee. People are really fed up this time around.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: It's hard these days for members of Congress to transcend the news cycle with viral moments in committee hearings. Sen. Schmitt today raised the bar with an allegation against Jack Smith that imploded in real time. w/ Chris Marquette www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Republicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun. They got a gaffe instead.
The former special counsel’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was marked by personal insults rather than new revelations.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Unacceptable either way 👇
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L. A. Johnson @resistor189.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ebay.io/m/I3i69B For your Winter reading pleasure.
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Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s | eBay
This hardcover book is a must-have for any science fiction enthusiast. Philip K. Dick, features four novels of the 1960s, including the classic "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". With a total of 900 pages, this book is packed with thought-provoking stories that will transport you to alternative universes and post-apocalyptic worlds. The book is in excellent shape and comes shrink-wrapped, making it a great addition to any collection. It measures 8.2 inches in length, 5.1 inches in width, and 1 inch in height, with a weight of 19.6 ounces. The original English language text is presented in a easy-to-read format, and the book is perfect for anyone interested in science fiction, collections & anthologies, alternative history, and apocalyptic & post-apocalyptic genres.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇 👇 👇
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Katie Britt annoys the shit out of me. She called toll records “tolling records”. She says “Artic” instead of “Arctic”. She calls the speech or debate clause the “speech and debate clause.” She accuses Smith of illegal evidence when no judge found that. And she went over her time.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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L. A. Johnson @resistor189.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.washingtonsun.com/metro/mike-l...
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Lone Republican Senator Derails a Bill to Prevent Demolition of the Kennedy Center
Sen. Mike Lee blocked a bill that would have prohibited the demolition of any national memorial honoring a U.S. president.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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