John Austin
@thesameperson.bsky.social
TRIGGER WARNING: I'm a cynic! Heavy into politics... or what's left of them here in the good ol' Christo-fascist US of A. Refugee from the SM platform formerly known as Twitter Also spent a little time on Counter Social. Long-winded YouTube commenter
created January 5, 2025
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John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
Before Everquest. Before World of Warcraft. There was... Gemstone III. Anyone else ever play this game? I don't know why but I woke up yesterday morning thinking about it. Apparently it's now called Gemstone IV. theappendix.net/issues/2014/...
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
Let's ignore the fact that the narcissist is always projecting whenever he accuses anyone of anything. The math doesn't math. We refuse to accept the most plausible explanation because we've been arguing against its possibility for the past four years. michaeldsellers.substack.com/p/she-won-or...
Byron Christopher (B.C., Chris) Bell (@bc30000.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
"Ferina tol' me to tell you tha' Spanky isn't coming to school today because his pappy broke two of his legs." --The episode where he skips school
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
Hey Sen. James Lankford, stop your Orwellian doublespeak. We're not "jumping to conclusions" – RFKjr is a dark tetrad. He knows nothing about human healthcare. He's systematically trying to cull the American public. Remove him from office. Immediately.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
Where are they hiding Spanky?
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Love it when people aren't afraid to use the terms that accurately describe Trump's FUBAR personality. 👍
Admiral of Aotearoa (@muskeyb8927.bsky.social) reposted
Gentle reminder. DonOld has always been a horrible excuse for a human. His entire life has been a series of disgusting interludes that he either blames on others or denies completely. He’s the ultimate result of a self centered asshole that was never told, no. He is pure narcissism.
Greg Morosoff (@gregmorosoff.bsky.social) reposted
Coal mine workers in an elevator. 1920 Belgium. Thank unions that this isn't you. The Europeans do. If corporations could get away with something, they would. Just a Labor Day reminder. (not a US pic; but, a good example) #TheAlliedForces
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
I'm also LOLing. 😆 Blue Sky is what Twitter used to be like before Musk turned it into his personal trollbot farm. Truth is the mortal enemy of the lie. Sites like this will always be a threat to the far-right's disinformation machine.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
I hear you. I sat for several minutes trying to think of something to write that might cheer you up but all I could come up with is: Donald Trump may be sick/dying. 🙂
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks for all the fish, mum! Nap time! 🐻
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
One thing we can absolutely count on: whatever Republicans do will not make sense. Absurd is the word.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Least compassionate? They're psychopaths! Trump's Nazis are responsible for tearing these children away from their parents in the first place! They're not suffering from a SHORTAGE of empathy, they're suffering from a COMPLETE LACK OF IT!
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
But it was too little too late to save him from losing the election in 2020, as nothing could reverse the hundreds of thousands of deaths he and his enablers had already caused. And after Biden took office, the same vaccines all of a sudden became the devil.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
Thank you to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists for reminding us of another example of Trump's mental impairment. Operation Warp Speed was a last-ditch effort to mitigate the damage caused by Trump's lies... thebulletin.org/2025/09/rfk-...
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
I am absolutely sure of two things: 1. The fascists hacked the vote last year, at least in the swing states. 2. We still need to vote... and in such a way that the world will be unable to deny who we are and what we were doing: telling our wanna-be oligarchs what they can go do with themselves! 🖕🖕
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Many of us (although not nearly enough) figured out that Donald Trump was a pathological liar a long time ago. The only time you should believe what he's saying is when he's making threats. If someone like him hates you, you'd better believe they will harm or kill you the first chance they get.
CatWoman (@catwomanresists.bsky.social) reposted
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
A. It'll be easier for the Nazis to impose martial law. B. Venezuela is a much smaller target than Iran. C. It will draw attention away from the Epstein files. D. Trump needs to lash out by murdering more brown folks. E. All of the above. ✔️
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
The hate we feel is mostly for you, Donald. We were headed in the right direction but all that changed after your little escalator ride, didn't it? You released and amplified America's ugly shadow (narcissism) and now we're barreling down the highway toward self-destruction with no brakes.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
They hate science because it contradicts their deeply-held beliefs. Facts, logic and reason are like kryptonite to the inhabitants of the MAGAverse. They're addicted to lies and magical thinking in the same way some people are addicted to gambling.
CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted
🚨 “The people united will never be divided!” Happening in OUR nation’s capital today. 1/2
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
The History Of The Immagration Crisis
Gays Of Bluesky (@gaysof.bsky.social) reposted
FLORIDA POLITICIANS CAN PAINT OVER OUR RAINBOWS BUT THEY CAN'T ERASE OUR LOVE. WE'LL KEEP CHALKING OUR PRIDE AND PAINTING CROSSWALKS UNTIL EVERY STREET SCREAMS FREEDOM. STOP HARASSING QUEER JOY AND START PROTECTING PEOPLE. 🌈✊ #FloridaPolitics
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
Honored that Mark is now a Democracy Docket member.🙏 The force of democracy must be with us!!!🥳
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
The DOJ wasn't aware because there were so many pigs flying around the airport distracting them. Fuck those lying Nazis.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
Also consider that by cleaning up the city (which is a good thing), they've being given a sort of personal stake in keeping it nice and tidy. If a huge, messy mob descends on D.C., they might be more inclined to gas or shoot them with rubber bullets.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm quite familiar with American narcissism and the myth of our exceptionalism. Yes, we have these problems but the *majority* of us knew who Trump was prior to last November. You've already made up your mind so just keep believing whatever you want. Have a nice day.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
MSM is not our friend. They're not our enemies either, but those communication conglomerates are hopelessly dependent on Trump(ism) for their ratings. Go on believing whatever you want. Trump miraculously won the popular vote and all 7 swing states by just enough to not trigger recounts. OK.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
It's not comforting, it's reality. I don't care how much money they spent last year, Americans are not that stupid/racist/misogynist/Christo-fascist/nationalist/homophobic. We're rather blame each other than to accept something we repeatedly assured ourselves wasn't possible for the past four years.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump is a narcissist and a sadistic psychopath with a hunger for violence and revenge. This post is from yesterday. If you know anything about Q-Anon, you know what it references. So does he and he wants to see it happen more than anything.
Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) reposted
Trump’s plan to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War shows (once again) that his self-characterization as the “pro-peace” candidate was complete bullshit. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
cdlane.bsky.social (@cdlane.bsky.social) reposted
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
I'd like to make a very simple request... Please stop asking us to "let that sink in". Most of us here are adults who possess basic reading comprehension skills.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
Of all the brown people living in the US, roughly 1500% are MS-13, according to Trump and his gestapo henchmen.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Unlike the suits filed by Trump and his shyster minions, most of which were thrown out, some of these have merit. I'm specifically interested in the Rockland county case. NY courts have remained solid, in contrast to the corruption plaguing other states. Time is not on our side, however.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't blame you for not having the time or the will to connect all the dots. Most of us simply don't want to believe a crime of this magnitude could happen here, which is one of the reasons the perpetrators are getting away with it.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm pretty sure some prominent Democrats convinced her campaign not to pursue any investigations or recounts. I don't blame her for having bad advisors. Trump just put her life at risk by revoking her secret service protection too. thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-th...
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Jesus Christ. Can we just send Tupper Harley?
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
Our narcissist-psychopath-in-chief is flexing his military muscle again. The Fourth Reich has ants in their pants to divert attention away from the Epstein files by starting an unprovoked war and murdering more brown people.
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted
New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
DeathSantis really wants to be America's top Nazi.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
Thank you, doctor. The only thing about vaccines that's divisive are the people creating the division: anti-vax RWNJ's backed by our narcissist psychopath POTUS and his henchman Robert F. Mengele Jr.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Narcissistic revenge. He wants to imprison/harm/kill everyone outside of his cult who will not bend the knee. It's the one promise he makes that he desperately wants to fulfill and the only one anyone should ever take seriously. 👇 medium.com/@Elamika/hel...
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Dude didn't waste any time, did he? The IMMORTAL Stephen Colbert!
DJ (he, him)🏳️🌈 (@dmrh0720.bsky.social) reposted
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Even Fat Bastard couldn't eat all of Donald Trump and live. It's not the volume but Trump's toxicity that would do him in. It would create one helleva mighty turtle if it were possible though!
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't be silly. Everyone knows if you ate Donald Trump you'd get sick and die.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Misled? He lied. Do you have any idea how many times I've pointed out that Donald Trump is a pathological liar? I lost count years ago. We should ALL know it by now but some of us still refuse to accept that what we're dealing with here is dangerous mental pathology.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
He's not worthy to carry the Kennedy name, which is why I no longer refer to him as RFK Jr. but RFM Jr. (M for Mengele).
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
I absolutely love the Scotts. I know it's impossible to burn an entire golf course to ashes, but I have hope those people might just find a way. 😆
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
We could also feed them 3 square meals a day and it would still cost only a fraction of what Trump's military occupation costs. This is just one more example of the narcissism and psychopathy that now permeates our federal government.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
Don’t look away
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
The reason some of his MAGA supporters are saying this is because they've been fooled into thinking that having a dictator like him will be a good thing. Most of them don't understand just how bad things will get for ALL of us if his entire regime isn't removed soon.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Obama inherited a Republican mess that took him and Biden eight long years to fix - I'm old enough to remember. Trump and his Christo-fascist overlords are on the fast track to undo it all. In fact, we're about to descend deeper into the abyss than anyone in this country ever thought possible.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
It doesn't in the US either. medium.com/@Elamika/dar...
CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted
🚨Children🚨Killed by🚨ICE Say their names. Their lives mattered and their deaths were govt. sanctioned murders. 1/2
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't know much about her but I'm hoping she's a resister at heart. Pro-democracy people should never be forced to endure another blow like the one dealt to us when Twitter was sold off to the fascists.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
... and a fairly large portion of that sick sadness is concentrated in the United States. Our country was fertile ground for malignant narcissism. The guy in this photo is just one of millions who've had their tiny little minds turned inside-out by it.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
This is messed up. I've always been fascinated by the ocean and the creatures living in it and used to love going to the Seattle Aquarium when I was little. What a shame they made cuts. 😞
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
I don't suppose now would be a good time to remind people that, if anything happens to Trump, the Christo-fascists will promote every cockamame conspiracy theory that pops up. It'll lead to a sharp uptick in violence and may even start the continuation of the American Civil War.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
DOGE was efficient... at destroying any part of our government that benefited the middle class or the poor. Now they're using our stolen data to build something that's for more valuable to the fascists than gold or platinum: an everything database they can use to control or destroy anyone.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
DOGE wasn’t a cost-cutting venture. It was a data mining operation for private interests. Trump opened the gates to the castle from inside for invaders with bad and greedy intent to plunder and exploit.
Scott Smith (@canaansdad1987.bsky.social) reposted
If leaving children on the side of the road while you arrest their parents or to hear children crying while you arrest their parents doesn't effect you, then you are inhumane and should not be in any position that allows you anywhere near children
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump amplifies narcissism and psychopathy in his cult. After the horrors of the Holocaust were exposed, the world vowed never again. We sacrificed hundreds of thousands of our own young men to stop it, yet America is now headed straight for one of our own making. One that could be even worse.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
This made me lol. Love hearing about the non-violent things the resistance comes up with to make Nazi lives more difficult.
Jenna Norton (@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social) reposted
I signed the #BethesdaDeclaration for my kids. I want a better future for them, and for all of the children in our country. Please, join me! act.standupforscience.net/forms/add-na...
Oliver Kornetzke (@kornetzke.bsky.social) reposted
open.substack.com/pub/oliverko...
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
So did I! In fact I've been telling them just about every single day for nearly seven years now. They don't listen so well (there's a lot of extraneous noise) but it hasn't stopped me from trying.
DJ (he, him)🏳️🌈 (@dmrh0720.bsky.social) reposted
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Do they even know who the Navajo are? I know one thing: most of the people who still support Trump don't care. Everyone outside of their cult is an enemy, especially strong-willed BIPOC who threaten their privilege. MAGA will slander and threaten them in any way they can.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Also true. Here's an excerpt from the work of someone who understands how the human mind works that reinforces what you just said. I've also provided a link to the entire thing if you're interested. It perfectly describes all three elements of the Toxic Triangle. medium.com/@Elamika/tyr...
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
I think some people need to be careful what they wish for.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Bye, Felicia.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
All of these groups have one thing in common: narcissism. It's the irrational belief that they're more special, better than or superior to everyone else and therefore more deserving. Trump's narcissism is such that it's almost off the scale. It's what drew them all to him like a magnet.
Rep. Summer Lee (@repsummerlee.bsky.social) reposted
I went to Moshannon Valley ICE Detention Center to conduct oversight and was shut out. We will not be intimidated and we will not be silent. Congress should pass my Congressional Oversight Access Act to protect lawmakers from violence and retaliation for doing our jobs.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
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Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted
He’s trying to get her killed…
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Adding insult to injury - literally.
Status (@status.news) reposted
Marc Elias’ Democracy Docket has quietly become a pro-democracy media force, expanding its newsroom to 20 staffers as it surpasses 50,000 paid subscribers. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/democracy-...
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Loomer is a racist chunk of white trash. You should have seen some of the things she posted before Twitter banned her account back in the day.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Hopefully she's just in for a routine checkup?
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
🎯 spot on. The sickness actually has a name too: malignant narcissism.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
That figures. The sadistic psychopath would love nothing more than to hear she was gunned down by one of his lunatic cultists masquerading as a cop. Trump's psychopathology is actually very similar to that of Charles Manson's: he enjoys making others do his dirty work for him.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Their job descriptions and what their Christo-fascist masters actually expect of them are two completely different things. They could care less about how many children their negligence kills. Their primary goal is to seize absolute power by any means necessary because they're absolute monsters.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
Like moths to a flame, the masses flocked to the antichrist; the Christo-fascists, racists, homophobes, nationalists and misogynists, among other groups. So what do they all have in common? What allows them to coexist in the MAGAverse?
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
It is among the rich Christo-fascists who've bankrolling this coup. This is their endgame. By the time the evidence of how they cheated last year sees the light of day (if it's ever allowed to at all), it will be far too late to remove them through non-violent means.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social)
Someone on this site once asked for a recommendation on books that explain how democracies die. Open your fucking eyes. There's never been a better example than what's happening right here, right now. America is descending into the abyss and it's all been well documented.
Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Punks for Progress was definitely not a traditional campaign event, but maybe “tradition” doesn’t matter. Maybe the way we’ve been doing things isn’t inherently the right way. Thank you for building a new type of politics with us.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
And it wasn't just the racists who hitched a ride on Trump's bandwagon, it was other groups too. So how do they all coexist in the MAGAverse together?
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Let us ponder this... 🤔 Nope. She's still a colossal twat waffle.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Mochi is such a pretty little aminal. Reminds me of the white cat we had when I was little. 😺
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Haven't seen any of your posts in my feed for a long time. Weird because I was just thinking of this book when I woke up this morning - not sure why. America needs to understand that birbs aren't going to save us from our dark half.
Stephen King (@stephenking.bsky.social) reposted
As long as guns are easily available to crazy people, mass killings directed at so-called soft targets will continue. This is a fact. Countries where it's more difficult for crazy people to obtain guns have less shootings. This is also a fact. Do with these facts as you will.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Welch: This is a guy who has redecorated the oval Marie Antoinette style and is building himself a ballroom because he has no intention of leaving.
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
Glad to hear you Young Ones are having a good time. 😆
John Austin (@thesameperson.bsky.social) reply parent
👆 This is how democracies fall and give rise to authoritarian regimes. Congress needs to consult with the people who've accurately predicted all of this. Until we accept the fact that this is a national mental health crisis, we're going to keep failing to contain it. medium.com/@Elamika/tyr...