John Hostage

The United States used to be a great country. Now we are a pitiful disgrace to humanity.

Trump is trying to do to Canada what Putin has been doing to Ukraine. Neither Canada nor Ukraine is likely to give in.

More than 500 scholars agree: "We write to urge Congress to do what most democracies have already done: adopt proportional representation." proud to be among them. medium.com/@scholars-re...

He should have gone to prison for pressuring Brad Raffensperger to “find” 11,780 votes. That’s the very definition of election interference. We all heard the call.

You might say that people should develop some political credibility at the local level before running for the goddam U.S. Senate.

Here are Italian PM Meloni's remarks about Trump, translated to English: "Donald Trump's statements are completely made up. I am frankly stunned. I don't know why the president of the United States behaves this way with his own allies..."

The Trump administration continues to try to weaponize immigration law against Mahmoud Khalil, so we need them to know that the world is watching. Add your name to our petition to the Board of Immigration Appeals demanding they re-open and terminate the sham immigration case against Mahmoud.

I'm sure there are 2 other permanent members of the Security Council taking notes on what you can get away with when starting an unprovoked war on the civilian population of another country.

If this were Biden, the press would be talking about nothing else.

Why is #NASA still using English conventional measurements for an international scientific endeavor?

He's still trying to win the Nobel Peace Prize

It's really quite amazing. Every single day Trump and his flunkies find another way to be evil.

It’s not just that they are murdering people who are peacefully protesting, it’s that they then stand in front of the cameras and slander the victims by telling us that what we see on the videos didn’t happen.

BREAKING: Trump’s thugs just shot and killed a man in Minneapolis. Eyewitnesses are describing it as an execution. We cannot keep living like this and people can’t keep dying like this. Stop funding DHS. Impeach Kristi Noem. Hold these agents accountable.

If senior officers carry out what Trump is threatening against NATO, “the officers and enlisted people below them will likely obey the chain of command”—and “such an outcome would be a tragedy, and potentially a global catastrophe,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/OtxpMxan

If only the U.S. #Constitution stipulated who has the authority to regulate commerce with foreign nations and to declare war ... 🤷‍♂️

It’s weird that Trump can stand up to allies but not Russia

If the US takes #Greenland, does it become a state with two senators? Pretty sure they won't be Republicans. 😆

Trump is doing everything he can to destroy #NATO. He is making #Putin’s dreams come true. Over the past 11 years Trump has never done anything to show he is not Putin’s puppet.

Trump Announces New European Tariffs in Greenland Standoff; Allies Outraged www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u... It’s well past time to invoke the 25th Amendment before a lot of people get killed

Is there a more ridiculous term in air travel than “pre-boarding”?

There is an international arrest warrant for #Putin, but did Trump arrest him when he came to Alaska? Spare us the pleading about law enforcement.

Impeach #Trump

Defund the "War Department"

Tom Friedman nails it with this commentary on Trump's surrender "deal" for Ukraine. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...

Trump has always acted as Putin's agent and will continue to do so. It was never a "hoax."

Argentina First

#NoKings in Boston. Tens of thousands showed up and we didn’t get paid 😏.

FIFA should take the entire World Cup away from the US. Too many fans and players from abroad are going to be denied visas or otherwise have problems.

The right has declared that although Trump’s political prosecutions are regrettable, the “Democrats brought it on themselves,” @jonathanbchait.bsky.social writes. But “Trump was no victim of the legal system. If anything, he received preferential treatment”:

It's not socialism. It's national socialism.

I've been expecting something like this to happen. It's only going to get worse.

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The last time I looked, the Constitution still gave the power to declare #war to the Congress, not to the President. #Iran has not attacked the U.S.

Wait... is this the best meme ever made?

Imagine what the press would have said if President Biden had given such a speech. I know, it's pointless. You could say that every day about whatever Trump says, but instead we get more reports about how old Biden is.

Just when you think it couldn't get any stupider or more malevolent

The attack on America's libraries continues.

This kind of thing didn't happen when Biden was President.

Trump to America's kids: "Suck it!"

So now it looks like it's only the incompetence of the government that kept Harvard from caving in to their demands?

This is a betrayal of everything our country should stand for.

“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, said about President Trump's demands. nyti.ms/4jzSS9W

I propose swapping the man mistakenly deported to El Salvador with the man mistakenly elected president of the United States

Watching the main German evening news program, and the word that keeps coming up in relation to US policies is "unberechenbar" (capricious, erratic, unpredictable). Europeans have had it with #Trump. The reputation of the US is damaged for a long time to come.

The rule of law is the basis for real freedom. This ranking by @thewjp shows how strong those who govern are bound by the law. The Land of The Free ranks 29th.