John Panzer
Digital nomad riding the desert on a device with no name.
Software engineer; past social software geek. Into democracy, martial arts, open platforms.
Also at: mastodon.social/@jpanzer
Also: https://abstractioneer.org, http://johnpanzer.com
- Reposted by John PanzerWe're past the 11-hour mark, on the second day of the Ways and Means markup of Republicans' tax cut for the rich. Dems offered amendments to protect your health care, stop Trump's trade war, and expand the Child Tax Credit. Republicans voted them all down. We're fighting on.
- Reposted by John PanzerDemocrats just flipped the Omaha mayor's office with ads like this. The right-wing obsession with genitals is starting to backfire.
- Reposted by John PanzerI need you to make calls to Congress because on Tuesday, the House Committee responsible for Medicaid is meeting to slash funding for Medicaid—the health program 80 million Americans rely on, the health program that has kept me alive. This piece is not paywalled, it is not locked—please share it.
- Reposted by John PanzerWith, y'know, commentary
- I am live-streaming the healthcare debate happening live, now, in House Energy & Commerce Committee: www.facebook.com/share/v/14f7...
- Reposted by John PanzerOne Dem introduces articles of impeachment for clearly impeachable conduct. Five Dems are quoted anonymously criticizing him. Strongly believe that an impeachment vote in 2025 is the Iraq War vote of 2022: clearly a right answer, difficulty borne out of Dems’ own comms failures, and a huge…
- Reposted by John PanzerLet's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey. They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
- Reposted by John PanzerBREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts. Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.