John

John

@johnlarson.bsky.social

Chicagoan, Cubs fan, husband, dad, fisherman, bicyclist, lover of bourbon, beer, BBQ, and all kinds of music. Big engineering nerd in DNA. The DH is not real.

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I didn't go to Congress. Remember Sleepy Joe? 'Oh, if they would give me approval in Congress!' You're not gonna get approval. You just do it. You're the president."

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Everything coming out of the White House is propaganda. Think on that for a moment: everything that every American citizen is being told by this administration…is a lie….told for the purpose of manipulating a big part of the nation into grinning…while their pockets are being picked.

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the fact that john ossoff can kick off a two-day media cycle by saying that the president is uninterested in doing his job and is sleeping through meetings and traveling around with a young blonde, suggests that not enough of these guys are speaking plainly and effectively about these assholes

DePaul College Prep … Coyotes 🤔 Too bad I’d put my phone away when it ran into tunnel someone had painted on the wall 🤦‍♂️

I know there’s plenty of spineless sellouts out there, but it’s getting to the point where I’m starting to wonder if these people are waking up with horse heads in their bed

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Tillis admits Trump is weaponizing the DOJ during his speech announcing he'll vote for Todd Blanche: "Maybe it's a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one ... I'm going to support Mr Blanche's nomination"

Wait til you find out who checks up on the nuclear power plants 😬

Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social

Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.

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$100 to any reporter who asks him, "so you're saying Capitol Police should've shot dead everyone who breached the Capitol on January 6?"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Homan on people getting killed by ICE: "It comes down to one simple fact -- these people failed to comply with law enforcement ... all they had to do is comply. If they did, they'd be alive today."

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Replying to @emilylhauser.bsky.social

B) These folks had accepted, probably without thinking about it, not one, but two lies: 1. He'd been running away. 2. Since he was running away, it's ok that armed agents of the state killed him. EVEN IF HE HAD BEEN—in what world is summary execution an appropriate sentence for RUNNING AWAY? 5/

Flood the zone 🙄

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social

Blanche said Hunter Biden could apply to anti-weaponization fund. Sen. Reed noted leak of Trump tax returns took place during Trump I. Seems to be no time limit. Maybe Don Siegelman should apply? Greg Craig? Jesse Jackson Jr.? Aaron Schock? Geoffrey Fieger? www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

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NEWS: ICE detains Chicago Public Schools senior and his mom: “We had done everything by the rules.” ICE also separated Ricardo from her. By this time of year, Ricardo planned to be at prom and preparing for juco in the fall. Instead he’s in jail www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/18/i...

chicagotribune.comICE detains Chicago Public Schools senior and his mother: ‘We had done everything by the rules’In March, ICE detained Ricardo Hernandez-Navarrete, 18, a Mather High School senior, and his mother at a routine check in.

Project Operation Glorious Tuesday Kablammo Victory Totally unrelated to other so-called special military operations in the area

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: In the last 24 hours, Iran has fired at us. We've fired at Iran. Is the ceasefire over? HEGSETH: No, the ceasefire is not over. Ultimately, this is a separate and distinct project.

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Replying to @techconnectify.bsky.social

This is why, no matter how hard I try to explain "it's actually way more convenient to just plug in your car and let it charge while you sleep than it is to go to gas stations" I can't get anywhere. EVs allow us to reimagine the concept of fueling in ways people are unwilling to imagine.

Infuriating, heartbreaking, and terrifying that some still can’t or won’t see Putin for the demon that he is

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social

Pokrovske, Dnipropetrovsk region. Same street, one year between the footage. Russia's war crime. 📹: toronto_tv/Instagram

I loved Pete’s content on the other site. You’ll be missed, Pete

Andrew Morkes@naturechicagoland.bsky.social

Are you a fan of Pete Kastanes' Vanished Chicagoland Stories podcast? Unfortunately, he passed away this weekend. Kastanes’ authenticity, kindness & deep love of Chicagoland will be missed. He leaves a legacy of 520 episodes of Vanished Chicagoland which are evergreen. @vanishedchicago.bsky.social

Anything could be true. The so-called laws of Nature were nonsense. The law of gravity was nonsense. 'If I wished,' O'Brien had said, 'I could float off this floor like a soap bubble.' Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain. George Orwell, 1984

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

RFK Jr: "A Democratic senator claimed it's mathematically impossible to have a drug drop by 600%. I said, 'Well, if the drug was $100 and it raises to $600, that would be a 600% rise. If it drops from $600 to $100, that's a 600% savings.'" Trump: "Right"

I can’t believe this is even a real debate. But, maybe the 2 pounds I lost over the past two weeks means I lost 100% 🤷🏼‍♂️ I’m awesome 👑

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com

I firmly believe presidents & people with control over medical agencies should understand percentages! If *you* don’t, no judgment; I will explain in the next couple posts how they work. The short version is that Senator Warren is correct in the clip, and there’s NO interpretation in which RFKJr is

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*OSINT alert* 1st image is from today, showing a 'swarm' of small boats at speed in Straits of Hormuz This is typical behavour of Iranian fishing vessels in that area Other 3 images from same area, same time of year but 2024 & 25 (dates at top) First rule of #OSINT... know what normal looks like

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A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social

But Lord Donald … what about the hardest times in my life? … then, in the midst of my deepest struggle, there was only one set of footprints …. Trump Christ: Yeah I don’t walk with losers

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Welcome home, Sweet Prince 🤍 – Imani has also returned to Montrose! 🤍⭐️ The boys are back in town. Let's go!!! 📸: Chicago Piping Plovers (Imani and Pippin, Montrose Protected Beach, April 13, 2026)

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I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king.

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Judas Iscariot was paid 30 pieces of silver for turning Jesus Christ in to the Roman authorities. But he made nearly 10 times that amount by placing a Polymarket bet accurately predicting the day of Christ’s death.