James
@hereswhatithink.bsky.social
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🤓 Interests: video games, bad jokes, and holding back the collapse of Western society.
📢 I mainly repost others, because I'd rather amplify a good point well made than regurgitate it as my own.
🤓 Interests: video games, bad jokes, and holding back the collapse of Western society.
📢 I mainly repost others, because I'd rather amplify a good point well made than regurgitate it as my own.
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James
@hereswhatithink.bsky.social
· Dec 5
Let's normalise backing up our stated facts on social media (about anything important and contentious) with source links.
If we're the ones with verifiable truth on our side, then let's draw that distinction at every available opportunity. Make taking an Internet stranger's word for it weird again.
If we're the ones with verifiable truth on our side, then let's draw that distinction at every available opportunity. Make taking an Internet stranger's word for it weird again.
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Special House election district around Nashville Dec 2.
Don’t stay home TN. Vote.
Don’t stay home TN. Vote.
Behn: My biggest pet peeve in politics is when people who don’t live in the South say, “You get what you voted for.” I didn’t vote for the highest maternal mortality rate in the country. I didn’t vote for the highest inflationary cost of groceries in the country.
November 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Special House election district around Nashville Dec 2.
Don’t stay home TN. Vote.
Don’t stay home TN. Vote.
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Before ACA, I regularly had patients who bought insurance they thought was "best for them". I've seen $50k annual max, $500k lifetime max, plans w/ no Rx coverage, plans *carving out* cancer treatment, plans that denied leukemia treatment because prior iron deficiency anemia was a pre-existing. /1
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Before ACA, I regularly had patients who bought insurance they thought was "best for them". I've seen $50k annual max, $500k lifetime max, plans w/ no Rx coverage, plans *carving out* cancer treatment, plans that denied leukemia treatment because prior iron deficiency anemia was a pre-existing. /1
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The smug, holier than thou personna. Are these the same dead people who were still collecting Social Security? Benefits in 6 different states? If you have proof, show your work. Correct any fraud and then leave the rest of the law abiding beneficiaries alone.
Brooke Rollins on food stamps: "We know the SNAP program is rife with fraud... what we've found is stunning. 186,000 deceased individuals receiving benefits, 500,000 getting 2 times the benefit, we found thousands of individuals getting benefits in 6 different states. It is one thing after another."
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The smug, holier than thou personna. Are these the same dead people who were still collecting Social Security? Benefits in 6 different states? If you have proof, show your work. Correct any fraud and then leave the rest of the law abiding beneficiaries alone.
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What’s the end game here? If entry level jobs go AI, how will middle and upper level roles replenish their ranks? Or will this eventually be AI too?
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
What’s the end game here? If entry level jobs go AI, how will middle and upper level roles replenish their ranks? Or will this eventually be AI too?
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Do you know who is paying for Trump’s ballroom?
Amazon
Google
Apple
Meta
And a bunch of other companies that coincidentally have business in front of the Trump Administration right now.
So are these companies getting special favors in return? I’m pressing for answers.
Amazon
Apple
Meta
And a bunch of other companies that coincidentally have business in front of the Trump Administration right now.
So are these companies getting special favors in return? I’m pressing for answers.
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Do you know who is paying for Trump’s ballroom?
Amazon
Google
Apple
Meta
And a bunch of other companies that coincidentally have business in front of the Trump Administration right now.
So are these companies getting special favors in return? I’m pressing for answers.
Amazon
Apple
Meta
And a bunch of other companies that coincidentally have business in front of the Trump Administration right now.
So are these companies getting special favors in return? I’m pressing for answers.
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1. Trump is in the process of sending millions in taxpayer money directly to his political allies — and himself.
The money purportedly is to settle legal claims.
But these claims are extraordinarily weak and have little to no chance of success.
In reality, it is a brazen theft.
The money purportedly is to settle legal claims.
But these claims are extraordinarily weak and have little to no chance of success.
In reality, it is a brazen theft.
Grand theft government
President Trump is in the process of sending millions of dollars in taxpayer money directly to his political allies — and himself.
popular.info
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
1. Trump is in the process of sending millions in taxpayer money directly to his political allies — and himself.
The money purportedly is to settle legal claims.
But these claims are extraordinarily weak and have little to no chance of success.
In reality, it is a brazen theft.
The money purportedly is to settle legal claims.
But these claims are extraordinarily weak and have little to no chance of success.
In reality, it is a brazen theft.
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Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Attorney Barbara Schwabauer explains her decision to leave the Justice Department's Office of Civil Rights rather than comply with a Trump administration order to subpoena the medical records of transgender teens
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Attorney Barbara Schwabauer explains her decision to leave the Justice Department's Office of Civil Rights rather than comply with a Trump administration order to subpoena the medical records of transgender teens
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This Transgender Awareness Week, we celebrate the resilience, courage, and beauty of the trans community. Your lives matter, your stories matter, and your right to thrive and exist authentically is non-negotiable.
We stand with you today and every day🏳️⚧️
We stand with you today and every day🏳️⚧️
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This Transgender Awareness Week, we celebrate the resilience, courage, and beauty of the trans community. Your lives matter, your stories matter, and your right to thrive and exist authentically is non-negotiable.
We stand with you today and every day🏳️⚧️
We stand with you today and every day🏳️⚧️
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
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Fucking insane that he can regularly make completely fabricated and childishly stupid claims like this on television without consequence.
Let alone the fact that he's doing it to justify the ongoing murders of citizens of a foreign country with no investigations or evidence of criminality.
Let alone the fact that he's doing it to justify the ongoing murders of citizens of a foreign country with no investigations or evidence of criminality.
Trump: "In Venezuela's case it's about drugs & it's also about hundreds of thousands of people they've released into our country & some are gang members from Tren de Aragua, many are drug dealers, murderers. The prison population - their almost entire prison population was released into the US"
November 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Fucking insane that he can regularly make completely fabricated and childishly stupid claims like this on television without consequence.
Let alone the fact that he's doing it to justify the ongoing murders of citizens of a foreign country with no investigations or evidence of criminality.
Let alone the fact that he's doing it to justify the ongoing murders of citizens of a foreign country with no investigations or evidence of criminality.
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Trump’s defense after having dinner with antisemite Nick Fuentes has been to claim he didn’t know Fuentes was coming - that Fuentes was just a guest of Kanye West.
But Kanye’s own antisemitism was well-known when Trump invited him (Kanye) to Mar-a-Lago.
So Trump’s defense doesn’t absolve him.
But Kanye’s own antisemitism was well-known when Trump invited him (Kanye) to Mar-a-Lago.
So Trump’s defense doesn’t absolve him.
Q: You had dinner with Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago a few years ago. What role should he play in the conservative movement?
TRUMP: I didn't know he was coming and he was with as you know somebody -- Kayne. Kayne asked if he could have dinner and he brought Nick. I didn't know Nick at the time.
TRUMP: I didn't know he was coming and he was with as you know somebody -- Kayne. Kayne asked if he could have dinner and he brought Nick. I didn't know Nick at the time.
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Trump’s defense after having dinner with antisemite Nick Fuentes has been to claim he didn’t know Fuentes was coming - that Fuentes was just a guest of Kanye West.
But Kanye’s own antisemitism was well-known when Trump invited him (Kanye) to Mar-a-Lago.
So Trump’s defense doesn’t absolve him.
But Kanye’s own antisemitism was well-known when Trump invited him (Kanye) to Mar-a-Lago.
So Trump’s defense doesn’t absolve him.
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Every time he smears a reporter for asking a real question, he reinforces the idea that journalists exist to serve him personally. Democracies rely on a free press. Autocrats attack it.
Q: Tucker had a friendly interview w/ antisemite Nick Fuentes. What role do you think Carlson should play in the GOP?
TRUMP: I've found him to be good. He's said good things about me. Will you let me finish my statement? You're the worst. You're with Bloomberg, right? I don't know why they have you
TRUMP: I've found him to be good. He's said good things about me. Will you let me finish my statement? You're the worst. You're with Bloomberg, right? I don't know why they have you
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Every time he smears a reporter for asking a real question, he reinforces the idea that journalists exist to serve him personally. Democracies rely on a free press. Autocrats attack it.
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to get a policy on your own, outside of ACA, would mean being individually rated, so the older you are, the more you'll pay.
you'll go through underwriting and need a medical exam and half over 50 with a pre-existing condition would be denied.
and the cap on profit would be eliminated.
you'll go through underwriting and need a medical exam and half over 50 with a pre-existing condition would be denied.
and the cap on profit would be eliminated.
Trump on healthcare: "I've had personal talks with some Democrats about paying large amounts of dollars back to the people. This was my idea ... why don't we just pay this money directly to the people of our country and let them buy their own health insurance?"
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
to get a policy on your own, outside of ACA, would mean being individually rated, so the older you are, the more you'll pay.
you'll go through underwriting and need a medical exam and half over 50 with a pre-existing condition would be denied.
and the cap on profit would be eliminated.
you'll go through underwriting and need a medical exam and half over 50 with a pre-existing condition would be denied.
and the cap on profit would be eliminated.
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yknow if everyone would just come out against him en masse he couldn’t pick them off one by one like this
(Politico) - An Indiana Senate Republican who President Donald Trump called out in a Truth Social post Sunday for not backing the White House’s plan to draw new congressional maps was later targeted by a swatting, according to local authorities.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
yknow if everyone would just come out against him en masse he couldn’t pick them off one by one like this
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Just a reminder that once you decide to serve Trump, you have to serve him until you die. Otherwise he will use you and throw you out like toilet paper.
Fuck MTG, she's nearly as rotten as he is.
Fuck MTG, she's nearly as rotten as he is.
Trump: "Marjorie Traitor Greene -- I don't think her life is in danger. Frankly, I don't think anybody cares about her."
November 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Just a reminder that once you decide to serve Trump, you have to serve him until you die. Otherwise he will use you and throw you out like toilet paper.
Fuck MTG, she's nearly as rotten as he is.
Fuck MTG, she's nearly as rotten as he is.
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I think it’s so funny that he’s now explained the Brown thing in multiple posts 🤣🤣🤣
Trump digs in deeper on Marjorie Taylor Greene, calls her a "Traitor to our Country."
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I think it’s so funny that he’s now explained the Brown thing in multiple posts 🤣🤣🤣
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Nobody has ever looked more guilty than this guy is looking.
He has NO chill. If he didn’t have something to hide, he wouldn’t be trying to keep the files from coming out.
He has NO chill. If he didn’t have something to hide, he wouldn’t be trying to keep the files from coming out.
Q: Massie says he's concerned the Epstein probe you're calling for could be a smokescreen. Is that the case?
TRUMP: I don't want to talk about it b/c fake news like you - you're a terrible reporter - they just keep bringing that up to deflect from the tremendous success of the Trump administration
TRUMP: I don't want to talk about it b/c fake news like you - you're a terrible reporter - they just keep bringing that up to deflect from the tremendous success of the Trump administration
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Nobody has ever looked more guilty than this guy is looking.
He has NO chill. If he didn’t have something to hide, he wouldn’t be trying to keep the files from coming out.
He has NO chill. If he didn’t have something to hide, he wouldn’t be trying to keep the files from coming out.
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Again, you can be a tyrant and brutalize your own people; Trump is fine with that so long as you do his bidding.
Trump: "We may having some conversations with Maduro, and we'll see how that turns out. They would like to talk."
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Again, you can be a tyrant and brutalize your own people; Trump is fine with that so long as you do his bidding.
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hassett dropped the same shit which has been their canned talking point on a sunday show today and they had this ready
(also: "surroundings")
(also: "surroundings")
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
hassett dropped the same shit which has been their canned talking point on a sunday show today and they had this ready
(also: "surroundings")
(also: "surroundings")
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KERNEN: When people think of who would be the least independent of the Trump administration, they think of you
HASSETT: I just totally reject that. Right now, my job is to be at the White House and serve the president every day.
HASSETT: I just totally reject that. Right now, my job is to be at the White House and serve the president every day.
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
KERNEN: When people think of who would be the least independent of the Trump administration, they think of you
HASSETT: I just totally reject that. Right now, my job is to be at the White House and serve the president every day.
HASSETT: I just totally reject that. Right now, my job is to be at the White House and serve the president every day.
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It kinda is because the guy you say you serve told us forever they didn’t affect prices which we all knew was a lie. Explain.
KERNEN: If we're reversing some tariffs to try to help affordability, isn't that acknowledging that tariffs were responsible for some of the higher prices and inflation?
HASSETT: This is nothing new
HASSETT: This is nothing new
November 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It kinda is because the guy you say you serve told us forever they didn’t affect prices which we all knew was a lie. Explain.
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DO Republicans practice that Mike Johnson , "you are being difficult, calm down half-smile" ? Every woman in the world knows that smile, and hates it.
KERNEN: When Trump keeps saying 'prices are falling,' that's not true. I think you should admit that.
HASSETT: But purchasing power has gone up by about $1,200 this year. It's just astonishing to me that the cost problem is somehow being blamed on us.
HASSETT: But purchasing power has gone up by about $1,200 this year. It's just astonishing to me that the cost problem is somehow being blamed on us.
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
DO Republicans practice that Mike Johnson , "you are being difficult, calm down half-smile" ? Every woman in the world knows that smile, and hates it.
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Yep, Trump wants people to stop believing the FAKE PRICES they see in the supermarket and instead believe him that prices are falling.
Rep. Keith Self on Newsmax: "If you saw Fox News just recently, groceries, gas, inflation in general is down under President Trump. Now, the mainstream media won't tell you that. But those are the actual numbers. We just have to get the American people understanding."
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Yep, Trump wants people to stop believing the FAKE PRICES they see in the supermarket and instead believe him that prices are falling.
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Agricultural Economist here: Nope.
Beef prices are up due to a complicated interplay of multiple factors. The presence of complexity allows pundits to make partisan claims because refuting the claims requires more thought than the audience is willing to give.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Beef prices are up due to a complicated interplay of multiple factors. The presence of complexity allows pundits to make partisan claims because refuting the claims requires more thought than the audience is willing to give.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Brooke Rollins on the Omaha Steaks CEO saying beef prices could rise to $10/pound: "We are suffering from the last administration's literal war on cattle."
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Agricultural Economist here: Nope.
Beef prices are up due to a complicated interplay of multiple factors. The presence of complexity allows pundits to make partisan claims because refuting the claims requires more thought than the audience is willing to give.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Beef prices are up due to a complicated interplay of multiple factors. The presence of complexity allows pundits to make partisan claims because refuting the claims requires more thought than the audience is willing to give.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...