John Fortman
@johnfortman.bsky.social
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Episcopal insurance geek who likes music and making stuff.
Listening to House Oversight Committee hearing with the Acting Director of Ice, CPB Commissioner, and Citizenship and Immigration Services Director.
11 days ago
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Maxine Waters is a lousy Representative. There. I said it.
17 days ago
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It struck me, just now, that what is different, what has changed, is that one side has abandoned the notion that competing with the other is better for everyone, and now seeks to simply eliminate the other side. 1-
19 days ago
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Heroes gonna hero Best wishes, Lieutenant Colonel!
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25 days ago
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Just want to put it out there that individuals entering a church and disrupting church services is not the same as the government disrupting church services. One is a first amendment violation and the other is not.
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Jack Smith's Testimony, Tim Walz's Subpoena, and Bill Clinton's Contempt Vote
Podcast Episode · WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch · 01/23/2026 · 26m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wsj-opinion-potomac-watch/id971901464?i=1000746396762
29 days ago
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about 1 month ago
Unacceptable. A road — possibly associated with Tren de Aragua — left unpaved by Minnesota radicals weaponized itself against two of our courageous officers, causing one to discharge his firearm in self-defense. We stand by our brave boys.
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Watched this at 2x speed. 1. Jack Smith was prepared, resolute, certain of his rectitude. Never reacted, only responded. 2. The GOP questioning found no purchase with Smith, belying their case.
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about 2 months ago
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Oopsie.
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2 months ago
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Honor is dead.
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2 months ago
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Do you suppose they have any idea how ridiculous they look in this tactical gear?
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4 months ago
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Chairman Jim Jordan (still in his shirt sleeves) and Director Kash Patel seem well rehearsed and well coordinated this morning.
5 months ago
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“The law doesn’t protect the innocent. It incarcerates those who are probably, maybe, guilty.
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6 months ago
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The gun nuts see school shootings as opportunities for more school shootings.
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6 months ago
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Someone please explain why immigration enforcement agents need anonymity, but law enforcement officers do not.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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AI is unmasking ICE officers. Can Washington do anything about it?
A new twist in the debate over surveillance tech raises tough questions for policymakers.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/29/ai-unmasking-ice-officers-00519478
6 months ago
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WE NEED THIS NEWS! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
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6 months ago
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Scott Ervin
6 months ago
JFC I can’t wait until this clown show of an administration gets booted out. Please retweet. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
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Hey SF! Find this dog! Then, if you have a chance, read this horrifying thread.
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7 months ago
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The DOJ, hampered by obtuse, misplaced malice against Abrego, spectacularly fails in court today.
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7 months ago
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You guys! You have to read this thread on the batshit hearing in Maryland for Abrego! (And then, you’ll have to take a shower.)
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8 months ago
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Anna Bower
8 months ago
And with that, Judge Xinis decides it's time for a break. We're on recess for 15 minutes -- I'll resume this thread then! Thanks for following along. If you appreciate our live courts coverage, I hope you'll consider supporting our non-profit journalism:
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Happy Fourth of July, though “our Sacred Honor” lies, cut to tiny pieces by our current president and his fellow gang members.
8 months ago
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The tune was chosen as code from the Army, aimed squarely at non-MAGA: Eff Trump.
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8 months ago
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Intersting and a little odd news about the main suspect in the Hot Hortman/Hoffman shootings. He is reportedely militant anti-abortion.
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Vance Boelter's longtime friend on search of Minneapolis home
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
https://youtu.be/dFpwIGlJI0Y
8 months ago
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Israel strikes Iran and says nothing to the US. Other world leaders no longer respect the US because the current US leaders: Won’t keep secrets. View all struggles as zero-sum. Favor tyranny over democracy. Employ chaos as a means. Disdain humility. Pass the buck. Break their word.
8 months ago
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Who knew? Our schools, hospitals, and communities are destroyed. Invaders now occupy the US. There’s a school across the street that looks great, but Trump says is destroyed. Totally got past me.
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8 months ago
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“I will take your dreams and stomp all over them until they are utterly crushed.” - D. Trump, probably Entire Fulbright board quits, blaming Trump administration interference - USA TODAY
8 months ago
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LAPD protecting and serving.
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9 months ago
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Immigrants. They get the job done.
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9 months ago
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“Look, the debt pain caused by this bill won’t be felt for years. In the meantime we can live large! After that, we will totally blame the Dems, or maybe even Elon.”
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9 months ago
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When President Trump “Los Angeles will be set free,” he means Los Angeles will be annexed into his authoritarian reich.
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9 months ago
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LAPD personnel seem, generally, more attractive than ICE agents.
9 months ago
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Listening to US Attorney - Central District of California- LA Field Office describe the “sophisticated and highly coordinated” action by agitators. On screen is a straight well-trained skirmish line of about 30 LEOs, and a dozen random people riding bikes and walking around.
9 months ago
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Requiring polygraphs to prevent unclassified leaks is a sure sign of rampant corruption.
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Inside Kristi Noem’s Polygraph Operation
The information that DHS employees are accused of sharing with media often isn’t classified.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/dhs-kristi-noem-employee-polygraph-tests-7249fc38?st=BUJm2p&reflink=article_copyURL_share
9 months ago
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PoliticsGirl
10 months ago
This doesn’t stop until we stop it.
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This Needs To Be Shut down
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
https://youtu.be/idItFSIgDmc
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My investment guy says these are the times to buy. Why aren’t any of you listening to him?
11 months ago
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Michael Samonek
11 months ago
I don't want to say the Schumer optics are bad but Gavin Newsom just invited him on his podcast.
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Bondi’s Boiz bust Big Egg
12 months ago
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Wordle 1,344 2/6* ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
12 months ago
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Is Jack Smith indicted yet?
about 1 year ago
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There is nothing the current President can say or do that will reduce his support from half the country. Nothing.
about 1 year ago
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He begins his presidency by bitching.
about 1 year ago
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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u...
The incoming Pres is in charge of Congress.
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Johnson Ousts Turner as Intelligence Chairman, Bowing to Trump (Gift Article)
Representative Michael R. Turner, Republican of Ohio, had at times been critical of the president-elect. He told people that he was axed after an edict from Mar-a-Lago.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/us/politics/mike-turner-house-intelligence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk4.Oxx2.69iQcVkB0cHQ
about 1 year ago
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Chuck Grassley seems pretty sharp and spry for 91. Of course he’s no Joe Biden…
about 1 year ago
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Wordle 1,306 2/6 🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
about 1 year ago
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Truth.
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about 1 year ago
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Thoughts on the fires: It was not lack of tree thinning or forest raking that caused a conflagration to advance deep into LA’s suburbia. Nor was it lack of water from the Sacramento delta. Nor was it funding cuts to the LAFD. /1
about 1 year ago
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Thoughts on Palisades Fire… No one expects wildfires in California in January because they virtually never happen. Fires happen from summer to the end of November.
about 1 year ago
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Wordle 1,300 4/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This tells a story. (All you hard mode players are gonna have a rough time.)
about 1 year ago
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If a parallel universe is discovered, it won’t be NASA that discovers it.
about 1 year ago
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Way more luck than skill imo today. Wordle 1,273 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 84/99 Luck 38/99
about 1 year ago
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