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Jonathan Marks
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Professor, freelance writer, author of Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 1d
A lot of you are saying, “Jonathan, the war on Christmas is over. You’ve lost!” To which I reply, “See you next year!” In the meantime, I grudgingly concede for 2025. Merry Christmas! Hope you’re happy now.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d
My two-year-old niece correctly identified a giraffe and an elephant in pictures, displaying a level of cognitive mastery that can only be described as presidential.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 7d
But Griffin refuses to acknowledge that this will cost the people nothing because people seeking to buy favors from our corrupt administration will pay for it. That makes it a wash, right?
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7d
The cost of Trump's White House ballroom has doubled over the past five months:

In late July, the White House said the vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it's $400 million.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The cost of Trump’s White House ballroom has doubled over the past five months
In late July, the White House said the president’s vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it’s $400 million.
www.ms.now

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 7d
Sure. That’s incriminating. A 55 year old man marrying a 32 year old woman is very sex trafficking adjacent. Between this and writing a column about the Epstein obsession without disclosing that both were present at an Edge Foundation dinner in 2011, the man must be driven from public life.
parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 8d
Anyway, here's a photo of Brooks with his wife, who happens to be 23 years younger than him. This photo looks like a dad dropping his daughter off at college.
Brooks with his wife.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7d
The cost of Trump's White House ballroom has doubled over the past five months:

In late July, the White House said the vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it's $400 million.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The cost of Trump’s White House ballroom has doubled over the past five months
In late July, the White House said the president’s vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it’s $400 million.
www.ms.now

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 7d
He was at a big dinner at which Epstein was also present 15 years prior to writing the column. Even supposing Brooks recalled it, the idea that it is a”conflict of interest” to write about how not all elites are rapists when you and Epstein were on the same guest list once doesn’t make sense to me.
parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 8d
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.

He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 8d
Anyway, here's a photo of Brooks with his wife, who happens to be 23 years younger than him. This photo looks like a dad dropping his daughter off at college.
Brooks with his wife.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 8d
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.

He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
David Brooks: The Epstein Story? Count Me Out. David Brooks in the epstein photos

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 18d
They are fools not to hire you!

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 18d
I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18d
"You're a big account, so you have a duty to ..."

Look, at some level, I get that.

But also ... I didn't run for the office of Big Account with a promise to you, the Bluesky voter, to deliver on certain issues.

I just logged onto the same site you did, made some posts, and people followed me.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18d
"You're a big account, so you have a duty to ..."

Look, at some level, I get that.

But also ... I didn't run for the office of Big Account with a promise to you, the Bluesky voter, to deliver on certain issues.

I just logged onto the same site you did, made some posts, and people followed me.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 27d
Don't look at me. I suggested AI Dom DeLuise for our "America is Back" campaign and you scoffed. "Name Sounds French!" "Dom DeLuise has been dead since 2009!" Blah, blah, blah. Tell me that a brought-back-from-the-dead-through-AI Dom DeLuise wouldn't have taken a better picture!

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 29d
I regret ruining Thanksgiving by loudly proclaiming, when it came time to say what I was thankful for, that expressing gratitude was a form of David Frenchism that we cannot indulge when we have rough work to do. On a more positive note, my spiked cranberry muffins were a hit.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Nov 26
This Thanksgiving, I will be demanding that each member of my family express their gratitude to me in the servile and exaggerated manner that, alone, can fill the vast empty place inside. So, like a cabinet meeting.

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Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · Nov 24
i mean it sounds absurd to say that college admissions is the rationale for a standardized testing regime that teaches writing as mad libs and fragmented excerpt reading

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Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · Nov 19
Here’s my argument about AP and the humanities— www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Shortchanged
How Advanced Placement Cheats Students
www.press.jhu.edu

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 18
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Nov 16
Nothing to worry about, just the chief regulator of the media pressuring a television network to fire a critic of the president.
dmsilverman.bsky.social Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · Nov 16
FCC Chair Brendan Carr just shared a Truth Social post from Trump calling for Seth Meyers to be fired

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Nov 15
Problem: it's late. Family's asleep. But screeching "They Want to Kill Us! We Can't Play By The Rules Anymore!" is the only mode of self-soothing that works for me now.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · Nov 15
In case you were wondering why the DOJ Civil Rights Division is investigating a minor scuffle at Berkeley, it’s because the President of the United States saw hype clips circulated by bad-faith click-farmers in the right-wing marketplace, of course.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · Nov 9
No matter how hard I try, and no matter how long it goes on, I just can't get used to the president of the United States routinely promoting lies of the most imbecilic and easily disprovable nature (or in this case mistaking satire for reality).
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
A screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald Trump dated 9 November 2025 in which he wrote "WOW!" and quote-tweeted a meme saying "Breaking: DOGE halts yearly payment of $2.5 million to Barack Obama for 'royalties linked to Obamacare.' Obama has collected this payment since 2010, for a total of $40 million in taxpayer dollars."

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Nov 9
While you suckers were eating or watching TV or whatever you do, I was out reimagining the possible and then, right after, redefining the possible. My—as I call it—wow factor is off the charts. You? Stuck in the past. Sorry to be blunt. But, for me, every season is truth season.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · Nov 8
"Hegseth has fired or sidelined at least two dozen generals and admirals....His actions, which are without precedent in recent decades ... [have created] an atmosphere of anxiety and mistrust that has forced senior officers to take sides and, at times, pitted them against one another."
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
www.nytimes.com

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Nov 7
I'm not saying that liberal feminism has ruined the workplace. What I am saying is that Dave from Psychology and I were born to be warriors, are not allowed to be warriors, and are also ridiculed when we try to bring this up under "New Business" at faculty meetings.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Oct 25
Imagine what would have happened if Biden or Obama sent masked goons into deep red neighborhoods in Texas or Florida and they started grabbing people off the street and teargassing anyone who objected
unraveledpress.com unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Oct 25
Video from today's first gas attack.

Saturday morning in Chicago.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Oct 25
70% off this month. How can you afford *not* to get my book? Don't make me rely on reclusive billionaire, Timothy Mellon to help P.U.P unload what an internal Signal chat to which I was accidentally added calls "that *#$% albatross." press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Let's Be Reasonable
A conservative college professor's compelling defense of liberal education
press.princeton.edu

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George Pearkes @peark.es · Oct 22
lol, great, so we're now subsidizing Argentine ranchers at the expense of American ranchers. Seems politically sustainable, no questions from me.

*US SEEKS TO QUADRUPLE BEEF PURCHASES FROM ARGENTINA: POLITICO

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Oct 22
Took my enemy down a notch by calling him "vainglorious" on the faculty floor. He later told friends, "I was ready to be called vain, but I was not ready for that!" My two supporters carried me out on their shoulders, even though one had a calf strain from the last time.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Oct 20
In contrast, my petition to replace Bad Bunny with a karaoke contest between me, the captain of each competing team, and an AI of the late Captain Lou Albano, is receiving no coverage because the MSM doesn't want you to know about it.

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Angie @advangela2000.bsky.social · Oct 18
An online petition is looking to replace Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl halftime show with 37-year-old country artist George Strait.
nbcbay.com/vmXhPns

This is so fucking ridiculous!
Online petition to replace Bad Bunny's performance at Super Bowl sparks debate
An online petition is looking to replace Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl halftime show with 73-year-old country artist George Strait.
nbcbay.com