John Holland @johnholland.bsky.social

Founder - The Steinbeck Experience

Former Executive Director – National Steinbeck Center

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Steinbeck is 🔥.

In America and Americans, John Steinbeck writes: “We have failed sometimes, taken wrong paths, paused for renewal, filled our bellies and licked our wounds; but we have never slipped back—never.”

What would he say now? Have we finally crossed the line and “slipped back” as a nation? 1/3
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What an absurd notion. There’s no way they could have imagined Republicans would vote for someone so batshit crazy.
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He is also just an ineffectual representative, which is why I’ve been criticizing him long before these predictable allegations came out. I mean have you seen the dorky glasses he wears in his useless, pyrrhic anti-Trump video rants? The narcissism that drives this kind of misconduct is so obvious.
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… and can we get rid of that gaudy Republican gold lettering they put up? It fittingly looks like a hair salon for old ladies.
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Because every Republican who goes within 200 feet of the Oval Office is a criminal.
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Fox News and Republicans love to revel when Democratic politicians are excoriated, shunned, and rejected by their peers for coercive sexual misconduct with adult women, while simultaneously defending, rewarding, and elevating GOP politicians who commit sexual crimes against children.
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My prior criticism of him as ineffective still stands.
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Hey I’m old enough that I just saw my very first targeted ad for burial services… cool! I wonder what they know that I don’t?!
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“Person, woman, man, camera, TV.”
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Eric Swalwell was never qualified anyway:
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“New phone, who dis?”
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Willful enumeracy with “greater than, less than.”
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I wish science could explain what’s happening.
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In case you don’t know how to read this chart:
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Q: What would explain the First Lady of the United States giving a live televised speech denying any relationship with the most reviled, infamous, nefarious, notorious child sex traffickers in the history of the world?

A: She’s a Republican.
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Soooooo Republican!
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This is pretty unfair. You would not criticize an oyster for not being able to learn the Macarena.

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-09/iran-war-shows-trump-is-getting-schooled
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A regime of ~Republicans.~
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I wish my car got the same mileage that Republicans are getting off the name “Trump.”

When inventorying the countless disasters inflicted on the United States in the past 15 months, replace every use of the name “Trump,“ with “Republicans.”
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Actually, this happened January 20, 2025 when we inaugurated a Republican president.
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Instead of Iran being “forced to surrender,” the United States will be be forced pay multi-million dollar tolls every time a ship goes through the Strait of Hormuz. Oh, yeah, and Iran gets to restart its nuclear weapons program. Republicans are the dumbest people, weak, and the worst negotiators.
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Wow. Iran really took Republicans to the cleaners with this list. Too bad weakening America affects us all.
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He needs to keep this conflict alive so he can trot it out for attention or as a distraction as needed. There’s not going to be any deal, just ongoing cycle of morbid threads, brief reprieves, claims of total victory, and of course, higher costs for Americans.
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Oh, you tease!
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Look on the bright side: after dinner, gas is going to be $1.49 a gallon!
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Q: “Why aren't Republicans speaking out against this?”

A: You just said “Republicans,” right?
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This is way more efficient than just sharing with your family and friends over text messages.
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Look on the bright side: after dinner, gas is going to be $1.49 a gallon!
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Happy Power Plant Day … and Bridge Day … to all who celebrate!
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If only the person who organized this conference in 2006 was on the ballot in 2024. Oh… Wait.

Imagine not voting for this person when Trump was the other choice on the ballot.
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