John Panzer

@jpanzer
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Software engineer; past social software geek. Silicon Valley & California native. Fiat justitia ruat cælum. Into democracy, martial arts, open platforms. Ex-Netscape, AOL, current Googler; opinions completely my own.
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Not only are people showing up to defend their neighbors and our democracy, they’re doing so in historic numbers. The amount of our local groups has doubled and the overall size of our movement has quadrupled! https://indivisible.org/groups
Indivisible

Indivisible groups are where everyday people turn outrage into action and build lasting power on their home turf. Find yours today.

Indivisible

One of the most important examples of #Trump #censorship to date:

"DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing."
https://archive.ph/Ow3FE

Thanks as always to the #WaybackMachine for preserving a copy.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250911165140if_/https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/306123.pdf

#DefendResearch #Takedowns #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

This is a really good question from @mathaetaes. The first thing I keep telling everyone in other cities who wonders how they can help, what they can do:

Get organized NOW. Meet your neighbors NOW. Get your neighbors set up with secure messaging NOW. Form multiple hyper-local neighborhood social groups NOW. Organize a block picnic or community craft night or repair workshop or whatever NOW. Get contact info for the human beings who physically show up for neighborhood events NOW.

Form all those local connections ASAP, so that they’re there when you need them. The hardest lines of communication to establish will be the ones with the people closest to you. If you get local lines open in advance, you’ll be in a far, far better place.

https://infosec.exchange/@mathaetaes/115731104851949153

Mathaetaes (@mathaetaes@infosec.exchange)

@inthehands@hachyderm.io I hear stories about this happening, but I'd love to see a lessons learned / what works, what doesn't. They'll be leaving your town and going to the next soon enough, and the faster the next town can organize, the faster they'll be able to counter.

Infosec Exchange
Indivisible Palo Alto Plus (@indivisiblepaplus.bsky.social)

From our latest indivisiblepaloaltoplus.org newsletter, as we head into the holidays: 1/ Hello, friends. Close your eyes. Oops, that won’t work; keep reading. Imagine one year from now, three years from now, ten years from now. Okay, now try the “close your eyes and imagine” thing.

Bluesky Social
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Arizona) spoke with Bill Buckmaster shortly after she was among those pushed and pepper-sprayed by federal law enforcement during an ICE raid today at a Tucson taco shop. https://www.buckmastershow.com/2025/12/05/buckmaster-show-12-5-2025-congresswoman-adelita-grijalva-confronted-by-ice-agents/

Committing war crimes or outright murdering people, or both. That's what the president of the United States and his military henchmen are doing on the open seas, in your name and with your tax dollars.

Read this from one of our best national security journalists:

https://www.forever-wars.com/pete-hegseth-and-adm-mitch-bradley-belong-in-prison/?ref=forever-wars-newsletter

Pete Hegseth And Adm. Mitch Bradley Belong In Prison

The South American boat strikes are plainly murders. Now we have the names of the murderers. Do we have the political will to lock them up?

FOREVER WARS
“A European intelligence agency distributed a hard-copy report in a manila envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials...inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the US had been pursuing with Russia, including jointly mining rare earths in the Arctic.”
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"

We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.

Robert Reich

🛒🚫 We Ain’t Buying It — Black Friday Boycott

https://weaintbuyingit.com/

Into the Twilight of the Trump Era

What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions is waning? A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp.

New piece:

https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/84aa4909-be51-4ebf-a3a4-422843ae56c6

Into the Twilight of the Trump Era

What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions waning? A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp

Steady