johnwfarrell.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

"Something is shifting,” scholar of authoritarianism Timothy Snyder posted on Bluesky yesterday. " February 23, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

submitted 3 hours ago • 1 comment

I posted this longer version on X #Emails2DOGE cc: [email protected]

submitted 1 day ago • 1123 comments

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

submitted 20 hours ago • 981 comments

Kudos to Gov. Janet Mills of Maine for standing up to Trump. He threatened loss of federal funds for her state simply because it allows trans girls to play in sports. She said, “See you in court.” Trump is a weak, shallow, callous leader who wants desperately to be a despot. #BullyPolPot

submitted 1 day ago • 390 comments

A month ago, the idea that the new German chancellor would talk about "independence from the US" would have been unbelievable

submitted 15 hours ago • 241 comments

This is exquisite.

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Wow! What a great cover!

submitted 18 hours ago • 322 comments

1/ “There was no legitimate reason for the Friday Night Massacre in the military. It was the slaughter of our integrity, our values, and our security.” joycevance.substack.com/p/friday-nig...

submitted 1 day ago • 470 comments

'Last night’s Friday Night News Dump was a doozy: Trump has purged the country’s military leadership.' February 22, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

This was the moment, just over a month ago, when the ADL could've put an end to Republicans doing Nazi salutes. They didn't. They chose instead to provide cover by calling it "an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm." Now the sieg heil salute has been normalized. The ADL literally had ONE JOB.

submitted 1 day ago • 165 comments

General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Faithfully and Honorably served the Constitution and The People of the US for 41-years in the USAF. His last posting was as the 21st Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was unjustly fired by the dangerously unqualified SECDEF. I proudly stand with Gen. Brown.

submitted 2 days ago • 320 comments

Heather Cox Richardson this morning:

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

'In an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) yesterday, billionaire Elon Musk seemed to be having difficulty speaking.' February 21, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Her firing is outrageous.

submitted 2 days ago • 29 comments

Quote of the Day: Josh Marshall:

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Josh Marshall: INFLECTION: The Backlash Begins As Elon Goes Wild talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/infle...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

We should all applaud Judge Ho’s appointment of former Bush SG Paul Clement to present a perspective distinct from those of the indicted NYC Mayor Eric Adams and the Trumpservient DOJ prosecutor Emil Bove. Well played! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/n...

submitted 2 days ago • 106 comments

submitted 2 days ago • 273 comments

Trump's illegal NIH cuts mean cancer researchers would be laid off, sick kids going without treatment, and more. These cuts would be DEVASTATING for lifesaving research. Some Republicans have said they agree—but they just blocked my amendment to reverse Trump's NIH cuts anyway.

submitted 3 days ago • 33 comments

It's past midnight, and Senate Republicans are voting NO against every Democratic-led amendment to PROTECT HEALTH CARE for our families. Pay close attention: Republicans are working to push kids off Medicaid to pass MORE tax cuts for billionaires.

submitted 3 days ago • 87 comments

👀 Federalist Society boss overheard telling private gathering that Chief Justice John Roberts was a solid pick for the Supreme Court because “he attends an Opus Dei evening of reflection once a month” stream.org/as-a-catholi...

submitted 6 days ago • 15 comments

'The stability of the U.S.-backed international rules-based order apparently meant that few politicians could imagine that order ending. ' February 20, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Amanda Zurawski, one of the Texas women who nearly died due to the states abortion ban, has been named one of Time’s Women of the Year.

submitted 3 days ago • 228 comments

This is criminal. They are dismantling U.S. science, making our country and world less safe. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

submitted 3 days ago • 599 comments

"The past week has solidified a sea change in American—and global—history." February 19, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"

submitted 4 days ago • 1351 comments

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

submitted 4 days ago • 1006 comments

The DoD budget is “capabilities-based.” That is, the national security strategy (what POTUS sees as how he keeps the nation safe) drives a defense strategy, which dictates what is needed for the pentagon budget. Big budget cuts before announcing a strategy will significantly restrict action.

submitted 4 days ago • 40 comments

Josh Marshall:

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

submitted 4 days ago • 68 comments

US Catholics go from the Know Nothing Party and Prohibition (both anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant) to… readily holding power in society to… the USCCB suing the government over its treatment of migrants AND Catholics shilling for that exact treatment of migrants.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

this is such a critical point, made powerfully by the brilliant @sifill.bsky.social

submitted 4 days ago • 14 comments

Excellent reporting by @samsteindc.bsky.social: "The question now confronting people beginning their careers in the field of scientific research is not whether the government is there to help them, but whether they can survive its wrath." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-doge-b...

submitted 5 days ago • 18 comments

'Beginning on Friday, the Trump administration began mass purges of federal government employees.' Richardson for February 18, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

If you haven’t had a chance to watch the Opus Dei exposé series on Max, you need to check it out. What a sick cult. But it’s finally being exposed.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Somebody stop me from siding with Steve Bannon!!!!

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

submitted 6 days ago • 847 comments

It’s the reality TV show/Instagram cabinet, featuring the Transportation Secretary heading to a car race in FL while Kentucky was a disaster site with at least 9 people dead.

submitted 6 days ago • 520 comments

submitted 6 days ago • 775 comments

Every powerful person in America is terrified of Elon Musk because they know he's a dangerous sociopath who's running the U.S. government without any oversight. Americans should assume that Jeff Bezos saw this ad as a direct threat to his business interests, as it would provoke vengeance from Musk.

submitted 6 days ago • 176 comments

Please share far and wide

submitted 6 days ago • 16 comments

🚨Elon Musk’s DOGE operatives are attempting to access confidential tax information — tax returns, bank data, Social Security numbers — for millions of Americans. Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law. @wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.

submitted 6 days ago • 661 comments

'At the conference on Friday, February 14, Vice President J.D. Vance launched what The Guardian’s Patrick Wintour called “a brutal ideological assault” against Europe...' February 16, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

For any Republicans out there-- don't you see what's happening? Your elected officials, drunk with power, are quietly and quickly getting filthy rich. And in exchange, they're cutting your Medicaid, cutting your education funding, cutting SNAP benefits, cutting medical research.

submitted 7 days ago • 703 comments

This is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 7 days ago • 1059 comments

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Fact check: nearly 70 percent of US money for Ukraine actually went to US defense industry to replenish the stocks of OLD stuff that went to Ukraine to use. Much of which we would have paid to destroy as their lifespan expired.

submitted 7 days ago • 657 comments

submitted 7 days ago • 940 comments