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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
Strategy meeting, the White House:

Adviser 1: "We're down 16 in Rasmussen. Even RMG has us down 7! Should we retreat from Stephen Miller's unAmerican policy?”

Adviser 2: "Perhaps we should apologize for the video!"

Trump [waking up]: "We attack the traitorous skiier!"

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Adam Rothman aced his cognitive test @adamrothman.bsky.social · 2d
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 6d
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
SHOCKING FEDERAL COURT MOMENT: DOJ attorney Julie Le, "The system sucks, this job sucks" to Judge Jerry Blackwell who pressed her on why so many court orders are being ignored by ICE/Trump admin. She asked to be held in contempt just so she could get 24 hours of sleep. @FOX9

Reposted by David R. Miller, Brian Keegan, Jonathan Marks

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 11d
*TRUMP SUES IRS, TREASURY FOR $10 BILLION OVER TAX-RETURN LEAKS

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d
ABC: Noem said Pretti committed an act of domestic terrorism. Stephen Miller labeled him a domestic terrorist. Does the president agree?

LEAVITT: I have not heard the president characterize Mr Pretti in that way

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 17d
Everything is amazing! Also, it’s hard to turn around the Titanic, which is why everything isn’t amazing!

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 19d
Not Ready for 21st Century Learning: "I've got an idea!"

Ready for the Future: "Allow me to share, in this breakout, the result of my ideation!"

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 19d
The verbatim transcript of Trump's remarks has TDS. The left will stop at nothing.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 20d
At the polling place, I voluntarily present my birth certificate, my real ID, and a distinctive mole many wish I would stop displaying. Election integrity is too important for me to wait for your laws or respect your “propriety.”

Reposted by Jonathan Marks

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20d
BREAKING:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia US attorney Lindsey Halligan, who sought indictments against Trump adversaries, is leaving her position.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 20d
Just back from Greenland. They really like me and seem delighted that I won it in my under-reported bet with Mette Frederiksen on the Rams-Bears game. They gave me a satchel of rare earth minerals and a musk ox, which, however, I was not allowed to take on the plane.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 21d
One Man’s Freedom tells the compelling story of Barry Goldwater and #MartinLutherKingJr's decade-long clash over the meaning of freedom—and how their conflicting visions still divide American politics.

Available worldwide.

Read a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#MLKDay #MLKJr
One Man’s Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle over an American Ideal by Nicholas Buccola

Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner, Jonathan Marks, Simon Lester

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 22d
How far can we stack national emergency recursion? Are there national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies?
dandrezner.bsky.social Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 22d
Heckuva a logic your got there Scott.

“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that the national emergency that justified the announcement of new tariffs on eight European nations is that there would be a national emergency if tariffs were not implemented.“ www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Bessent: 'The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency'
He was explaining the president's imposition of new tariffs on eight European countries.
www.politico.com

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 22d
Heckuva a logic your got there Scott.

“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that the national emergency that justified the announcement of new tariffs on eight European nations is that there would be a national emergency if tariffs were not implemented.“ www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Bessent: 'The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency'
He was explaining the president's imposition of new tariffs on eight European countries.
www.politico.com

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 23d
Terrible news. What if Cassidy is no longer there to murmur disapprovingly when the man he cravenly helped confirm as health Secretary does something anyone who examined his records knew he would do?
sahilkapur.bsky.social Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 23d
Trump throws a dagger into the Louisiana Senate race, pushing Rep. Julia Letlow to challenge Sen. Bill Cassidy, who has worked hard to stay on Trump’s good side.

Trump: “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”

Reposted by Silvia Secchi, Jonathan Marks

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 23d
Trump throws a dagger into the Louisiana Senate race, pushing Rep. Julia Letlow to challenge Sen. Bill Cassidy, who has worked hard to stay on Trump’s good side.

Trump: “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”

Reposted by Jonathan Marks

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24d
Trump is so determined to end fraud that he has pardoned one person *twice* for engaging in criminal fraud.
In 2021, a convicted fraudster named Adriana Camberos was freed from prison when President Trump commuted her sentence. Rather than taking advantage of that second chance, prosecutors said, Ms. Camberos returned to crime. She and her brother were convicted in 2024 in an unrelated fraud. This week, Mr. Trump pardoned both siblings, marking the second time Mr. Trump had opened the prison gates for Ms. Camberos.

Reposted by Jonathan Marks, David Darmofal

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24d
Trump: "We need defense. And we need offense too, by the way."

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Jan 10
I assume there will be an exception for white South Africans?

Reposted by Jonathan Marks, David Darmofal

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Jan 10
How much has ICE officer training deteriorated under Trump?
New deportation officers at ICE used to receive about 5 months of training; Academy training has now been shortened to just 47 days, a number "picked because Trump is the 47th president."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Fast Times at Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Flush with cash and soaring with hubris, Trump appointees are supersizing ICE.
www.theatlantic.com

Reposted by David R. Miller, Jonathan Marks, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 2 more

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Jan 10
Some Kentucky Republicans want to ban naturalized Americans from holding public office, as the GOP drives ever-further into xenophobia. www.lpm.org/news/2026-01...
Immigrant citizens would be barred from local, state offices in Kentucky under proposed bills
A Republican lawmaker has filed two bills designed to keep naturalized Americans and those with dual citizenship from serving in local or state elected offices in Kentucky.
www.lpm.org

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Jan 10
Cannot believe I let Kofi Annan sell me that prize. I’m such a sucker!
anneapplebaum.bsky.social Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Jan 10
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Jan 10
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Jan 10
Stay till the end when the thuggish, out of control masked man starts talking about “honor.”
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Jan 9
Oof. Hats off to the guy who took the video. That took some onions.
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Jan 9
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Jan 10
In my footage, which I've produced by putting images culled from CNN, Fox News, and someone known as Maga Ralph through a retinal scanner, then combining that image with a series of screenshots from recent Wordles, then instructing Grok to "make it dance," it's clear that . . . .

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Jan 9
Oof. Hats off to the guy who took the video. That took some onions.
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Jan 9
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Jan 8
Breaking:

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Jan 7
It will sound like sour grapes, but I had the K-Pop Demon Hunters idea first. The only differences were that it was a young klezmer band, they hunted dybbuks, and I wanted to use Claymation. I dropped the project because my then-dog had eaten all my clay.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Jan 5
"Hope you all had a good break! Here are your meeting requests! Also, we now worship Despair, which explains the new sculptures."

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Dec 30
Worth reading. Amazing how much they've pumped into this venture.
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Dec 28
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!

So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com