Retired local government public administrator, concert goer and book readerhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mvnf54sl5c2rFrom today’s Democracy Docket: “Now, a former “election integrity director” [in MO Sec of State] Hoskins’ office has filed a whistleblower lawsuit, accusing Hoskins of serious misconduct — including changing the results of a city election and fabricating evidence for a federal hearing.” GOP cheating16 Sep 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnf54sl5c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mviynkbeks2jAnother example of where we have the worst possible president at the worst possible time. This abysmal regime can’t be demolished fast enough. Vote all blue in November. https://apple.news/A4_r9eQCjSz6UwM-ZRwPSxQ14 Sep 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mviynkbeks2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mvii6n6avc2rIn a country (and world) challenged by uncontrolled AI, climate change, and potential pandemic, Americans could not have an elected a worse president for these times. We must begin the turnaround this November.14 Sep 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvii6n6avc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mvgvd26bok2eAnother complex issue where Trump knows more than the experts. He has no regard for anything beyond his own selfish interest. He and his regime are dangerously incompetent. https://apple.news/AwKuCE_vxQYWkcD1kgSS4hw14 Sep 2026 00:50 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgvd26bok2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mvg5lj67g22gTrump is a weak pathetic supplicant, always siding with Russia. This is a clear microcosm of Trump’s failed regime. He didn’t end the Ukraine war on day 1 as promised, and drove us to senseless war, another broken promise. Price of diesel a result of his gross incompetence https://apple.news/AX3K5rZEVSHm48NlwyfGROg13 Sep 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvg5lj67g22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mv2c6ho5ak2sIran has been doing a lot of “striking” and “attacking” for a country whose military and navy is “gone.” https://apple.news/AUrnXQ7vFSl20DhAJQyekvQ09 Sep 2026 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2c6ho5ak2shttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3muoyodbgok2f So important. Make a plan, don’t trust receiving or mailing in your ballot this time. Let’s make this election win to big to rig https://open.substack.com/pub/steveschmidt/p/mail-practice?r=a3kta&utm_medium=ios04 Sep 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoyodbgok2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3muirrlrx322vApple and Google had no legal requirement to change the name of Lake Ontario on their maps. Nauseating sycophancy. Props to Mapquest for not acquiescing.02 Sep 2026 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3muirrlrx322vhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mtzcsbzgjs2uFrom my favorite live version - “In fact, I saw a couple of drag queens out there…And they said, "Are you going to sing Jolene?"… One of them looked more like me than I ever will And the other one was prettier than any of us girls will ever be So this is for the drag queens…” Dolly the humanitarian26 Aug 2026 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzcsbzgjs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mtwaumsmd22fAdmittedly, I don’t know the legalities of international law. If any war crimes have been committed here or in the many murky boat strikes that have killed hundreds of people, Hegseth and others need to be punished to the full extent of the law. https://apple.news/AG11h6ktOSIqwieYJxE129Q25 Aug 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwaumsmd22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mtu46aqalk2uNo matter what Natalie keeps telling him, Trump looks weak and ridiculous in the eyes of the world, Canada trade war just the most recent example.24 Aug 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtu46aqalk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3msvwqg3wwk2q I feel so much better about my country knowing that she is a “top advisor” to Trump. The disgraces continue to mount from this horrific regime. https://apple.news/At4J5AT-xRW2BtkROPd4Tug12 Aug 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvwqg3wwk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3msr33b5t5s24So David Ellison says he isn’t doing Trump’s bidding at CBS and 60 Minutes? Then let’s see an in-depth 60 Minutes segment on Trump and his family’s involvement in crypto and defense contracts over the past 18 months.10 Aug 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3msr33b5t5s24https://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3msqzh2qu2224Re: Trump’s obscene child vaccine executive order today. Bill Cassidy has to stop playing the “I’m a doctor” card when objecting to these medical and legal predictable abominations that come out of the WH every week. Essentially he single handedly foisted RFKjr and Blanche on the American people.10 Aug 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqzh2qu2224https://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mslgrq4zrc2qThe thing I got so wrong back in 2016, in trying to find a silver lining in America’s devastating mistake electing Trump, was that Republican Senators would be a check on him. The list of their horrific, reckless confirmations this term alone is staggering. https://apple.news/Af9bQwgLuQHapEATemCtyTA08 Aug 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslgrq4zrc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mshck7jnns2h Once again, Trump and his regime caught lying about how expensive renewable energy is. His actions are disastrous at a time when we need leaders who understand the reality of climate change. https://apple.news/ANXBDSbiaTkiZR1sU_Vl5rQ07 Aug 2026 00:31 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshck7jnns2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3ms6xlplim22yTrump and his regime are so out of their league in these matters of global importance. The US looks ridiculous in the eyes of the world. https://apple.news/A3GGxoIVxQASN8khY5VVXRw03 Aug 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6xlplim22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3ms6s3won6s2yTwo more selfish morally bankrupt GOPers on the way out failing to do the right thing. They’ll be gone while the Dems in Congress and the American people suffer the damage to the rule of law while Blanche does Trump’s corrupt bidding. https://apple.news/AetH_nBX8QUWQ8MHgyyTMag03 Aug 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6s3won6s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3ms5asou5t22rSo “anti-money laundering concerns” sounds like they were laundering money, which is a crime right? https://apple.news/Ad-ypSGfPRdGSXQaOpUFHMQ03 Aug 2026 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms5asou5t22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3ms4hxd2wxk2yI hope future legislatures, DOJ and journalists exert the same intense pressure on these vindictive bullies. https://apple.news/AHSjG8D1ASMCV01NYGbi7IA02 Aug 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms4hxd2wxk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3ms2i7bduk22rI can’t imagine how the injured capitol police people are feeling about this. Combined with demanding tax crime immunity for himself and family and withholding disaster assistance to people in states that didn’t vote for him, he’s a degenerate hateful psychopath. https://apple.news/AJH50J7egR-SNOuI8xavoGA01 Aug 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2i7bduk22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mrzuji6yg22rJust the latest in the never ending cycle of embarrassments from Trump and GOP senators. Tillis and Cornyn’s minuscule “demand” that $1.8B payments to criminals be in writing is ridiculous. Blanche will continue to ignore the rule of law for Trump if confirmed. VOTE NO! https://apple.news/ALRMZe25pR3WUh0Ha1_qxIg01 Aug 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzuji6yg22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mrqd3ahmr22qCornyn and Tillis must vote no on Blanche. Even if Blanche agrees to whatever their personal demands are, he’ll do many more illegal things once he’s AG. Long past time for the GOP to start doing their jobs.28 Jul 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrqd3ahmr22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mrg4yzd4qc2bJust watched Trump mumble and lie his way through a statement from a reporter about how bad wind power is. He said China, the world’s largest producer of wind power, “doesn’t use it,” and that wind is the most expensive form of energy. It is one of the least expensive. What an embarrassing moron.24 Jul 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrg4yzd4qc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mr6v4zdlss2bAs a public official at the local level for 35 years, I had to prepare departmental budgets, supplemental requests, and provide data driven program initiatives to elected officials responsible for making policy decisions. Hegseth is utterly unfit and unqualified for his role https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3mr6nmc3d3s2y [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2026 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6v4zdlss2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mr4nwvf4zs27Who cares what Journey’s keyboard player thinks? Of course Bruce should keep speaking up as long as he wants, precisely because he loves this country. Also, come on. Bruce’s music compared to Journey?! Jonathan Cain is the one that needs to shut up. https://apple.news/AaJj3ETYLQpG5meTaQCPhrA21 Jul 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4nwvf4zs27https://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mqzjtqnozs2zWorld Cup Final. I guess it’s OK for a black woman to sing the national anthem - fantastic btw-but not be promoted in Trump/Hegseth’s military. They both need to be in jail when this national nightmare is over.19 Jul 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzjtqnozs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnos9.bsky.social/post/3mqmj4u6g6k27Can we please stop with all this “vandals” did it nonsense and the ridiculous prosecutions of innocent Americans. They drove over the freshly applied sealant. I don’t see this mentioned much in the latest media reports. We need to snap out of this national funk and wake up.14 Jul 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:xi3nzujkkpbbpha2cdojxs35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmj4u6g6k27