Joe Kent
@itsjoekent.bsky.social
Software engineer that hates billionaires. NYC.
https://joekent.com
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"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"
June 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"
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If this is even remotely accurate, Elon Musk and Donald Trump have killed more people in several months than the Iraq war killed in a decade
May 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
If this is even remotely accurate, Elon Musk and Donald Trump have killed more people in several months than the Iraq war killed in a decade
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A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
![In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'.
's account was false.
According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency.
After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying.
He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreie3gc6fndj7mtotijddm4eg264zgsqxpn4nbekb3xq5ubdmskvr6u@jpeg)
!["You"
re not from here. Do you have your
papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer,
"New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested.
Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read.
According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name.
Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreiensu64iobo4ftuqeaighf2p5k745uzdnmhcecugsi4ec74dnqse4@jpeg)
April 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
The people who protested outside of Tesla dealerships did more to limit the damage of the Trump administration than virtually anything Congressional Democrats have done. When people say "DO SOMETHING", this is precisely what they mean.
April 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The people who protested outside of Tesla dealerships did more to limit the damage of the Trump administration than virtually anything Congressional Democrats have done. When people say "DO SOMETHING", this is precisely what they mean.
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I appreciate Framcis' commitment to die rather than have to talk to JD Vance
April 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I appreciate Framcis' commitment to die rather than have to talk to JD Vance
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Trump will reportedly end the IRS Direct File program that allowed taxpayers to file taxes for free.
This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file.
Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file.
Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
April 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump will reportedly end the IRS Direct File program that allowed taxpayers to file taxes for free.
This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file.
Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file.
Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
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AOC: I heard that someone was flying a plane with a banner that said this is Trump country… It sure don’t look like it today.
I don’t think this is Trump country. This is our country.
I don’t think this is Trump country. This is our country.
April 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
AOC: I heard that someone was flying a plane with a banner that said this is Trump country… It sure don’t look like it today.
I don’t think this is Trump country. This is our country.
I don’t think this is Trump country. This is our country.
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Not Antisemitism (according to MAGA):
- Firebombing a Jewish governor‘s house during Passover
- Doing a Sieg Hitler salute
- Eating dinner with neo-Nazis
Antisemitism (according to MAGA):
- Saying Israelis and Palestinians deserve rights and dignity
- Using freedom of speech on campus
- Firebombing a Jewish governor‘s house during Passover
- Doing a Sieg Hitler salute
- Eating dinner with neo-Nazis
Antisemitism (according to MAGA):
- Saying Israelis and Palestinians deserve rights and dignity
- Using freedom of speech on campus
April 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Not Antisemitism (according to MAGA):
- Firebombing a Jewish governor‘s house during Passover
- Doing a Sieg Hitler salute
- Eating dinner with neo-Nazis
Antisemitism (according to MAGA):
- Saying Israelis and Palestinians deserve rights and dignity
- Using freedom of speech on campus
- Firebombing a Jewish governor‘s house during Passover
- Doing a Sieg Hitler salute
- Eating dinner with neo-Nazis
Antisemitism (according to MAGA):
- Saying Israelis and Palestinians deserve rights and dignity
- Using freedom of speech on campus
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
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Honestly, I don't even know what to say.
This is literally perfect.
This is literally perfect.
April 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Honestly, I don't even know what to say.
This is literally perfect.
This is literally perfect.
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Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
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I often think about this chart and how warped americans’ perceptions are about literally everything and the huge hand fox news has played in it by demonizing tiny tiny percentages of people (from today.yougov.com/politics/art...)
April 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I often think about this chart and how warped americans’ perceptions are about literally everything and the huge hand fox news has played in it by demonizing tiny tiny percentages of people (from today.yougov.com/politics/art...)
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do you ever feel like you live in a different reality from some people
April 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
do you ever feel like you live in a different reality from some people
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face it, if you had the ability to completely vaporize $2 trillion dollars out of existence in under 20 minutes, you’d be tempted to see what happens too
The US stock market has lost over $2 trillion in the last 20 minutes.
Nice, nice. Nice.
Nice, nice. Nice.
April 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
face it, if you had the ability to completely vaporize $2 trillion dollars out of existence in under 20 minutes, you’d be tempted to see what happens too
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Just no words for this level of cruelty and enthusiasm for inflicting suffering on the poorest in our society
April 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Just no words for this level of cruelty and enthusiasm for inflicting suffering on the poorest in our society
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This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out
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April 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
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they want worldwide jim crow
1/ The Trump Administration is seeking to force foreign companies worldwide to ban diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes within their firms if they want to do business with the US government. It's an aggressive expansion of its anti-DEI crusade. ⬇️
March 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
they want worldwide jim crow
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bring woke back www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/u...
Collision warning sounds in cockpit of Delta plane due to close call with Air Force jet near Reagan National Airport | CNN
A close call between a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a US Air Force T-38 jet, often used by the military for training, sounded alarms in the...
www.cnn.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
bring woke back www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/u...
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The Democrat who just flipped a very Trumpy seat in Pennsylvania’s Senate made opposition to Elon Musk front and center in his campaign.
(lancasteronline.com/news/politic...)
(lancasteronline.com/news/politic...)
March 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The Democrat who just flipped a very Trumpy seat in Pennsylvania’s Senate made opposition to Elon Musk front and center in his campaign.
(lancasteronline.com/news/politic...)
(lancasteronline.com/news/politic...)
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Thread on a very extreme EO on voting. What's concerning isn't even rules in themselves (Trump doesn’t have power to order these), but:
(1) He will claim that election not run under them is fraudulent, & look to overturn it,
(2) this is going to set out new standards that states will pursue.
(1) He will claim that election not run under them is fraudulent, & look to overturn it,
(2) this is going to set out new standards that states will pursue.
These are the *only* docs it would allow. For most Americans, the only document they would be able to show to register would be a passport. It would not even allow birth certificates. Only half of American citizens have a passport.
March 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Thread on a very extreme EO on voting. What's concerning isn't even rules in themselves (Trump doesn’t have power to order these), but:
(1) He will claim that election not run under them is fraudulent, & look to overturn it,
(2) this is going to set out new standards that states will pursue.
(1) He will claim that election not run under them is fraudulent, & look to overturn it,
(2) this is going to set out new standards that states will pursue.
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Democrats: How do we win back the working class while resisting Trump?
Bernie Sanders: [becomes the most popular politician in America by ruthlessly attacking the oligarchy]
Democrats: It's a mystery! Must be completely unsolvable. Guess we'll never know!
Bernie Sanders: [becomes the most popular politician in America by ruthlessly attacking the oligarchy]
Democrats: It's a mystery! Must be completely unsolvable. Guess we'll never know!
Favorability rating in recent YouGov/Economist polls:
Bernie Sanders: +7
Elissa Slotkin: +1
JB Pritzker: Even
AOC: -3
Pete Buttigieg: -3
Donald Trump: -5
JD Vance: -8
Elon Musk: -12
Gavin Newsom: -15
Rep. Party: -12
Chuck Schumer: -33
Dem. Party: -35
gelliottmorris.substack.com/p/who-is-the...
Bernie Sanders: +7
Elissa Slotkin: +1
JB Pritzker: Even
AOC: -3
Pete Buttigieg: -3
Donald Trump: -5
JD Vance: -8
Elon Musk: -12
Gavin Newsom: -15
Rep. Party: -12
Chuck Schumer: -33
Dem. Party: -35
gelliottmorris.substack.com/p/who-is-the...
Who is the most popular U.S. elected official?
Maybe Democrats can learn something from them
gelliottmorris.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Democrats: How do we win back the working class while resisting Trump?
Bernie Sanders: [becomes the most popular politician in America by ruthlessly attacking the oligarchy]
Democrats: It's a mystery! Must be completely unsolvable. Guess we'll never know!
Bernie Sanders: [becomes the most popular politician in America by ruthlessly attacking the oligarchy]
Democrats: It's a mystery! Must be completely unsolvable. Guess we'll never know!
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you really can't underestimate how little voters understood what they were voting for in 2024
70-something rural voter I talked to this evening in the general store in the town of 50 people where I live:
"We shouldn't be sending money to all these people overseas who hate us, but it's ridiculous to cut staff at our park. It's the lifeblood of our community. You need more people, not less!"
"We shouldn't be sending money to all these people overseas who hate us, but it's ridiculous to cut staff at our park. It's the lifeblood of our community. You need more people, not less!"
“People voted for Trump based on their recall of the 2017-2020 economy—stimmy and superdole included—and simply did not encounter and/or believe reporting about his plans to be a dictator” fits the available facts much better than “a plurality of Americans voted for Trump to be a dictator.”
March 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
you really can't underestimate how little voters understood what they were voting for in 2024
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Casar: You can quickly explain Doge with just two numbers.
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
March 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Casar: You can quickly explain Doge with just two numbers.
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
First: $8 million a day. That’s how much Elon Musk collects in federal government contracts.
Second: $65 a day. That’s how much the average senior—someone who has worked their entire life—gets from Social Security.…
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In recent years, Judge Boasberg has:
- ordered the release of Hillary’s emails
- ensured Trump’s tax returns never became public
- restricted disclosure from the Mueller investigation
- limited disclosure of grand jury material in the Trump classified docs case.
The resistance, he ain’t.
- ordered the release of Hillary’s emails
- ensured Trump’s tax returns never became public
- restricted disclosure from the Mueller investigation
- limited disclosure of grand jury material in the Trump classified docs case.
The resistance, he ain’t.
Leavitt: This judge is a Democrat activist. He was appointed by Barack Obama
Reporter: He was originally appointed by George W. Bush and elevated by Obama. Feel I should clear that up.
Reporter: He was originally appointed by George W. Bush and elevated by Obama. Feel I should clear that up.
March 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In recent years, Judge Boasberg has:
- ordered the release of Hillary’s emails
- ensured Trump’s tax returns never became public
- restricted disclosure from the Mueller investigation
- limited disclosure of grand jury material in the Trump classified docs case.
The resistance, he ain’t.
- ordered the release of Hillary’s emails
- ensured Trump’s tax returns never became public
- restricted disclosure from the Mueller investigation
- limited disclosure of grand jury material in the Trump classified docs case.
The resistance, he ain’t.