John R
Just some old guy in Area Code 517
- Reposted by John RTrumpRx supposedly helps people pay less for prescription drugs. In reality, it sends users to pharma giants’ websites, where they can pay out of pocket for certain medications. One company that could benefit? BlinkRx, which has Donald Trump, Jr. on its board. Funny how that works.
- Reposted by John RFederal judge: "The presumption of regularity that has previously extended to [the United States Government] that it could be taken at its word—with little doubt about its intentions and stated purposes—no longer holds." This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
- Reposted by John RJD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today.
- Reposted by John RAnother batch of Trump's judicial nominees refused in their confirmation hearings today to publicly acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, which annoyed Sen. Richard Blumenthal enough for him to call them "monkeys" and "puppets"
- Reposted by John RNEW: A rupture between DOJ and ICE has emerged in Minnesota, where overwhelmed prosecutors keep dropping the ball — and saying ICE won't return their messages. The crisis has had real-world consequences for migrants illegally detained w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
- Reposted by John RThe FBI has been unable to access a Washington Post reporter’s seized iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
- Reposted by John RThis is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office. 2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor. 3) Donors make a huge profit. 4) Repeat. For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
- NEW: Meta paid an income tax rate of just 3.5% last year. That’s the company’s lowest tax rate since it went public. Mark Zuckerberg's social media giant avoided $13.7 billion of federal income taxes in 2025. itep.org/meta-tax-bre...
- Reposted by John RPer Economist/YouGov, here's the % of Americans who support deporting: • Violent criminals: 86% • Those with nonviolent offenses: 43% • Parents of citizens: 26% • Long-time residents with no record: 23% • Those brought here as kids: 21% • Those married to US citizens: 16%
- Reposted by John RFloored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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- Reposted by John RIn 20-goddamn-18. She cares SO much about young girls.
- JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner. www.justice.gov/epstein/file... www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
- Reposted by John R“.. for most Trump investors, the year has been brutal. But .. for the President and his family, the money-making shows no sign of slowing.” @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/news/a-repor...
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- Reposted by John RAfter brutally arresting Aliya Rahman, an autistic, disabled woman, in Minneapolis, ICE agents told her that "this wouldn’t have happened if I was a ‘normal’ human being." bit.ly/3ZHX3IC
- Reposted by John RThe party of free speech is at it again. Also remember Florida was the first to pass its (unconstitutional) law suggesting that no political speech could ever be removed from social media, and desantis did a whole big thing about how Florida had the strongest free speech protections.
- Texas school bans Billie Jean King kids book — It explains what ‘gay’ means www.outsports.com/2026/1/30/24...
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- Reposted by John RUS Senator Ron Wyden asked for a detailed account of Trump’s acceptance of a Rolex table clock and gold bar from Swiss businessmen shortly before slashing tariffs he previously imposed on Switzerland
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- Reposted by John RYo, ICE! This is what a hostile, threatening approach looks like. And Ilhan Omar’s security didn’t murder him. Imagine that.
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- Reposted by John RJust visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
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- Reposted by John REric Lee, an immigration attorney out of Michigan, reports that the Dilly center has been put on lockdown
- Reposted by John RGrift all the way down
- Reposted by John RUh. So ICE just technically tried to invade Ecuador. Cool new international incident dropping.
- Reposted by John RSounds like Donald Trump wants to take away your guns.
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- Reposted by John RCBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss came in with a mandate to reshape coverage. She is set to announce plans for newsroom cuts and the hiring of many new commentators. n.pr/3NP3o2g
- Reposted by John RKash Patel this Sunday: “You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines, to any sort of protest that you want."
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- Reposted by John RReminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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- Reposted by John RThe woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force. @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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- Reposted by John RJUST IN: Judge dismisses Trump administration suit for Oregon voter rolls. Judge Mustafa Kasubhai (Biden) says DOJ request didn't comply with the law. He inquired today about Bondi letter to MN, but all sides said it didn't really impact the OR litigation at this stage
- Reposted by John RPeople of Maine, how can the rest of the country help you stand up the way MN successfully did?
- ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
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- Reposted by John RJust found out this dude’s store is called Dreamhaven Books. dreamhavenbooks.com
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- Meaning of kidnapping: criminal offense consisting of the unlawful taking and carrying away of a person by force or fraud or the unlawful seizure and detention of a person against his will. Sounds like what they are doing to US citizens, they pickup and release hours or days later.
- I remember that day. I was on my way home from the post office across from the Michigan Capitol.
- Reposted by John RSo Kyle Rittenhouse, who attended a protest armed with a loaded assault rifle and killed 2 people is a right-wing hero. But Alex Pretti who had a holstered, permitted handgun, was recording ICE, and tried to help a pepper-sprayed woman deserved to die? No one is buying this BS.
- Administration keeps talking about fraud in Minnesota. Meanwhile, Trump pardons California businesswoman convicted of fraud after he granted her clemency once before www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/01/16/t...
- Reposted by John RYou can’t “we need our guns” your way to perpetuating school shootings while “he had a gun” your way to justifying public executions. A nurse. Someone who’s actually saved lives.
- Reposted by John Rthe nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens
- Reposted by John RJanuary is almost over and there have only been 3 homicides in Minneapolis so far this year 2 of them were committed by ICE agents.
- Reposted by John RThis is ok tho
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer demands Donald Trump apologise for 'appalling' claim NATO troops swerved frontline www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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