Michael J Johnson

The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.

Dear media and all who listen, read and see what the media puts out there.

People who are interested in self-preservation will find it in #truthseeking_truthspeaking and calling out lies and inflates divisive propaganda.

#Speak_Truth
#Fact_Check
#Truth_Bombs
#BEthe_changemakers

FDA approves new Covid shots with limits on who can get them under RFK Jr. It's unclear how easily patients without high risk factors will be able to get a Covid shot, and whether insurance plans will still cover them.

This is a nightmare : www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/08/...

I have moved away from Iowa and I am back in the beautiful Blue state of Massachusetts. I am back teaching at Berklee College of Music.

Please follow my Union @berkleefacunion.bsky.social

How Every Senator Voted on the G.O.P. Megabill The Senate voted 51 to 50 to pass President Trump’s sweeping domestic policy package.

How each Senator voted.

#Pinks

#GiftArticle

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Certainly close enough to the real truth!

Who did this? 😂

2 New York Representatives Are Denied Access to ICE Facility

And here in NYC today another shocking escalation by Trump.

The law *explicitly allows* unannounced visits by congressmembers to federal facilities.

This is yet another breach of democratic norms by an increasingly rogue administration. Don't normalize this.

When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody."

But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies.

Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.

RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA

The Machines Are Learning — and They’re Learning to Be Fascists AI is not just another tech revolution. It’s the perfect storm of surveillance, manipulation, and digital obedience — and the far right already has a head start…

AI is not just another tech revolution. It’s the perfect storm of surveillance, manipulation, and digital obedience — and the far right already has a head start…

hartmannreport.com/p/the-machin...

White House fires Copyright Office leaders as controversial AI report surfaces Did a report on artificial intelligence and copyright law lead to firings at the Library of Congress?

mashable.com/article/copy...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, shared photos of himself and his grandchildren frolicking in waters filled with sewer overflow.

Swimming in sewage. Spewing garbage. Sowing cynicism. That’s RFK Jr. alright.

this guy is out here proudly being a eugenicist freak while people at mainstream and "respectable publications" make excuses for him or even muse about whether he has a "few good points"

You know that Twilight Zone episode where the kid has amazing psychic powers and can make people disappear with his mind and the entire town is hostage to him and has to cater to his every whim? That’s us right now.

Pretty much sums it up.

Social Security isn't just a benefit; it's a lifeline for millions of Americans.

It's our earned right after years of hard work.
Project 2025 plans to GUT social security, and Trump & his MAGA allies are following the blueprint to the letter. #HandsOffMySocialSecurity
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever’ The Trump administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.

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Trump and RFK Jr. are hoping to use the facade of science to falsely legitimize their lies and quackery.

Their plan looks something like this:

Garbage Questions + Garbage Methods = Pre-Conceived Hypotheses

But that's not how science works!

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

YouTube video by thelyran Pere Ubu Street Waves Live CBGBs 1978

RIP DAVID THOMAS. a large and ornery man who created lots of great music, and knew how to fall over as well as anyone i've ever seen. when robbie carey asked him if his choice of musette was "jarry-esque." he replied, "beefheart=esque is more like it." abd he meant it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQP7...

Breathing Is Now a Political Act: The GOP Has Made Clean Air a Partisan Weapon If you want your children to grow up with lungs that work, you better start voting like your life—and theirs—depends on it…

If you want your children to grow up with lungs that work, you better start working and voting like your life—and theirs—depends on it…

hartmannreport.com/p/breathing-...

RIP David Thomas aka (in the early days) Crocus Behemoth: those first four Pere Ubu singles were stunning in 1975-1977 (post punk before punk) leading up the The Modern Dance and Dub Housing. Born 1953, I salute you fellow Snake

Only 15 percent of young people believe the United States is headed in the right direction under President Donald Trump, according to a Harvard Youth Poll released Wednesday, which also found that just under a third of young people approve of his job performance

15 percent of young people see country on right track under Trump, poll finds wapo.st/42JLJgj gift link

Bwaah 🤣 💥

Today Trump basically said he wants to send Americans to the concentration camp in El Salvador. Is now the time to freak the fuck out??

rfk jr wants you dead

We should refer to the El Salvador prison as a concentration camp, because it is.

We should refer to the process by which we're disappearing people as kidnapping, because it is.

The idea of a U.S. trade war with China ignores one very important fact.

The Chinese population can accept (be forced to accept) a lot worse financial hardships than the American people.

Let’s not forget that they literally welded people inside buildings during COVID.