First ever online community manager (well.com), co-founded and managed the first news website (sfgate.com), worked at EFF, managed a public radio station, worked with teens online. johncoate.com (photo by Glenn Mar)https://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mjkatdn4dk2h"I am willing to risk the giving up of my rights and privileges as a citizen for our great military and country!" - Trump, posted this morning.15 Apr 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkatdn4dk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mjjzkt7zt22h"Trump promised to drain the swamp, but under his rule the swamp drains you." - Paul Krugman15 Apr 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjzkt7zt22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mjhgrtswoc2hI think Trump doesn't care if the GOP gets wiped out after his term as long as he and his family and cronies can sufficiently loot the treasury before it happens.14 Apr 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhgrtswoc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mjeyj3saqs2iTrump is giving a master class on how to ruin a nation you are supposed to be leading.13 Apr 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjeyj3saqs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mj623dlvyc2iWith Trump everything is an emergency that needs SCOTUS to sort out. But he is the real emergency and it won't end until he and his corrupt posse are gone.10 Apr 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj623dlvyc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3miwa5fsorc2iTrump promises a genocidal war crime tonight and the most chickenshit Congress of all time is not in session. I guess since the GOP performed mass self-castration when they voted for this maniacal racist woman-hating felon, it doesn't matter since they are willing slaves to this murderous insanity.07 Apr 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwa5fsorc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3miuqhzlc5s2iGood God Republicans, when are you going to admit that your guy, Mr. President, is stone nuts.07 Apr 2026 02:33 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3miuqhzlc5s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3miu3sn3bw22iTrump threatening to blow up an entire country, which he just did, is the most un American thing I have ever heard. And then he wants to just go steal their oil - taking the natural resources of another nation,which of course we already do in Venezuela. This is complete insanity. Traitorous.06 Apr 2026 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3miu3sn3bw22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3min4in67qc2cAs bad as Nixon was he did do some good things like sign environmental protections into law. GW Bush was awful but he helped a lot of AIDs sufferers in Africa. Trump though has no redeeming qualities. None. His despicable awfulness is complete through all word, thought and deed.04 Apr 2026 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3min4in67qc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mijspm43bk2cTodd Blanche is not an improvement.02 Apr 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijspm43bk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3migq7waeus25And in the end, despite all of his outlandish boasting, Trump revealed himself for what he really is: an incompetent bumbler.01 Apr 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3migq7waeus25https://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3migosijkdk25Trump's real slogan: Screw America First.01 Apr 2026 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3migosijkdk25https://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mic3fdnfyk25Do you want health care or war? You can't have both.30 Mar 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mic3fdnfyk25https://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mhveb5xkqs2kIf you want to know how dumb this war is being run, read this. The incompetence is staggering. https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/midweek-update-3-for-now-this-looks?publication_id=1176440&post_id=192063003&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=2bca5&triedRedirect=true25 Mar 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhveb5xkqs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mhstiquius2kThis NYT headline tells you all you need to know about our lying POTUS, who above all is the president of hypocricy: "Trump, Who Calls Mail-in Voting ‘Cheating,’ Just Voted by Mail"24 Mar 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhstiquius2khttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mhqdyjqf3c2nThe Dow goes up by more than a thousand points because investors believe what Trump says about negotiating with Iran when Iran says it didn't happen. Talk about magical thinking.23 Mar 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqdyjqf3c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mhqd5wsfpc2nWord of the day for Trump: Pricktator23 Mar 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqd5wsfpc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mhnsy6yrpk2nI used to think that GW Bush was driving the USA off a cliff, but I see now that was just a ditch. Trump however really is driving us off a cliff. Into what I don't know but it ain't good. Maybe for Putin and the Trump crime family and friends, but that's about it.22 Mar 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhnsy6yrpk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mhl2ynyayc2nAll you Christian warriors out there: where does Jesus condone violence and where does he say he takes sides?21 Mar 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhl2ynyayc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mh7wwgxpnc2nToday is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre. Have we not learned anything since then?17 Mar 2026 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7wwgxpnc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mh7vhmvysk2nWhat Trump is doing to Cuba - blockading them to the point that they have no power - is a war crime. Your tax dollars at work -> murder17 Mar 2026 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7vhmvysk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mgg66rina22uSo we are now all supposed to buck up and sacrifice and buckle down for this war that had to happen right now? What else is the Trump admin serving with this shit sandwich?06 Mar 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgg66rina22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mgfp4mkc2s2iI suspect that part of this war strategy is to have Iran commit some act of terror on US soil so that Trump can declare martial law and cancel elections. You think he won't do it if he has the chance?06 Mar 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfp4mkc2s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mgfolc37qk2iCan anyone explain to me why so many Jew-hating Christian fundamentalists quote the Jewish Old Testament whenever they want to justify their doing something contradictory to what Jesus teaches? For one example, I hear one Congressman quote Ezekiel in defending our bombing Iran.06 Mar 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfolc37qk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mgfgny3y7k2iThe Trump administration ignores many laws but the biggest one they ignore is the law of unintended consequences.06 Mar 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfgny3y7k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mgb7lqu4fc2iLooks like we're headed for another "Mission accomplished" moment that, like the other, is nothing of the sort.04 Mar 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgb7lqu4fc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mgau72pul22iI think this will create a much weaker and more murderous, vengeful Iran. They might not be able to keep their extreme cleric state, but those fundamentalists will not stop because of what we do. They will just breed more of it. War creates more war.04 Mar 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgau72pul22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mg3nxn5g222iSince Iran interfered in the 2020 election to help, not hinder, Trump, are we now at war with them because they didn't succeed? https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/1/2370544/-Iran-interfered-in-2020-election-TO-HELP-TRUMP-and-all-they-got-was02 Mar 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3nxn5g222ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mg3k6mimc22iThey should name this War Operation Tragic Farce, since its real purpose is Trump's need for a political win, and personal enrichment for Trump and his cronies, er, allies. This analysis nails it: https://open.substack.com/pub/phillipspobrien/p/the-usisraeli-bombing-of-iran-means?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email02 Mar 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3k6mimc22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johncoate.bsky.social/post/3mfdxvprmt22qAll the tariffs mean is that we consumers pay more so that Trump - the Fecal Midas - can bully other countries to pay him tribute for benefits that we will never see.21 Feb 2026 06:15 +0000at://did:plc:emr5mjca43f2bpgicdb4pbob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfdxvprmt22q