John McIntyre

John McIntyre

@draugmento.bsky.social

Composer, retired music professor, tuba player. On the Christian Left.

3,978 Followers 8,106 Following 156 Posts Joined Nov 2024
3 weeks ago

How about a dip in the Potomac, Mr. K?

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Getaway (February) (Album Version) by Jen Trynin on Apple Music Song · 1997 · Duration 4:09

music.apple.com/us/album/get... I can’t tell you how much I love this song. So gorgeous.

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Opinion | Common Ground Is for Suckers

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...

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Trump wants his DC arch to be 'biggest one of all' — USA TODAY “I’d like it to be the biggest one of all,

Everything he does is destructive. Everything. Even those things that pretend to have a veneer of creativity are destructive, like the ballroom and this monstrosity. Measure them by what they wreck. He wrecks things unrepentantly. Constantly. apple.news/Axc2pVIfhSuu...

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The Kennedy Center has been in continuous operation for 55 years.

Trump and Ric Grenell destroyed it in one year by making it so toxic that nobody will perform there.

Now they have to shut it down like a Trump casino.

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a man in a suit is covering his face with his hand ALT: a man in a suit is covering his face with his hand

Clearly a domestic terrorist.

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1 month ago

Damn proud of Minnesota.

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prince is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and wearing a fur vest . ALT: prince is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and wearing a fur vest .

Biden has one bad debate and he’s out. Now we get a recurring stream of demented, embarrassing nonsense, and…three more years? God help us.

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1 month ago

Very fun that everyone who panicked about Biden's mental acuity is willing to sit through this endless national humiliation ritual.

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2 months ago

What’s unacceptable is him.

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2 months ago

Possible?
1. He realizes what will likely occur if he completes his term.
2. He is removed from office, either via the 25th Amendment or conviction.
3. Vance gives him a “full and unconditional” pardon.
4. The SOB walks.

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2 months ago

You know what worries me? Let’s say that Trump’s acts of war are, in part or in total, meant to distract the public and the media from his ever-growing problems with the Epstein files and Jack Smith’s deposition. Let’s say these problems just continue to grow. What’s to prevent him from using nukes?

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2 months ago

EVIL.

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2 months ago

Then again, with the SCOTUS rubber stamping so many power grabs by the president , this idea of mine night not work so well.

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2 months ago

Hear me out—I’m thinking that maybe the best we can get is to let him finish his term. If he dies in office, he’ll get too many honors, and JD will become president. If he’s impeached and removed from office, JD will become president. But if there’s a midterm blue wave, he’ll be a truly lame duck.

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2 months ago
East Wing demolition

Think he will get the tacky ballroom built? Maybe. But I think this is basically another example of his overriding policy of wrecking stuff.

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3 months ago
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In a setback for Trump, Indiana lawmakers defeat redistricting plan — NPR Republicans resisted the call by President Trump for redistricting. He and the state's Republican governor threatened to back primary challenges against Senators who wouldn't get on board.

For pretty much the first time since the passing of Frank O’Bannon, I’m proud of my present home state. apple.news/AZD2Vye40Qgq...

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3 months ago
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Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention A federal judge in Maryland has ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. U.S.

BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.

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3 months ago

I doubt he even needs to do that. #depends

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3 months ago

Racism is what this is.

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3 months ago

F- - - - -

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4 months ago

I’m hoping that what appears to be a Democratic cave-in will have a silver lining when Representative-Elect Grijalva is sworn in.

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4 months ago

Quick preview of numbers being released tomorrow… special for my Bluesky peeps:

Alaska Survey Research
October 10-15, 2025
N=2,083 adults (1,957 RV, 1,708 LV)

2026 Alaska US Senate (LV)

Mary Peltola (D) 48%
Dan Sullivan (R) 46%
Undecided 6%

Sullivan’s negative hits 50% for the first time.

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4 months ago
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USC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the right USC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said in a statement that he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education turning down the Trump offer.

➡️USC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the right

➡️At a USC Academic Senate meeting, faculty strongly opposed the compact, with some calling it “probably unconstitutional” and “antithetical to principles of academic freedom.”

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5 months ago
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These are fun 😆

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5 months ago

Republicans can’t win on their policies, so they are trying to dodge accountability by rewriting the rules. These lawmakers are going out of their way to silence the will of the people and deliberately undermine our democracy.

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