Jake Clemens
@jakeclemens.bsky.social
Making my last years count.
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Ben Meiselas on Thursday: Trump is meeting with Zelenskyy tomorrow. It's not great timing because it's right after the Putin talk, he's still going to be feasting off the Putin talking points. If I was betting, knowing Trump's psychology and pathology, he's going to try to intimidate Zelensky.
October 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Ben Meiselas on Thursday: Trump is meeting with Zelenskyy tomorrow. It's not great timing because it's right after the Putin talk, he's still going to be feasting off the Putin talking points. If I was betting, knowing Trump's psychology and pathology, he's going to try to intimidate Zelensky.
“Join ICE today and receive UP TO a $50,000 signing bonus, which YOU can spend on anything YOU want—like a LAWYER when you’re eventually TRIED at THE HAGUE.” In New Yorker Humor, job postings for ICE.
ICE Job Postings
ICE wants YOU to put your LEFT foot in then put your LEFT foot out then DO the hokeypokey and TURN IN your brother-in-law whom YOU didn’t realize THIS would AFFECT.
www.newyorker.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Antifa membership perks for 2025 are available now! ✊️
October 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Antifa membership perks for 2025 are available now! ✊️
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Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
September 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
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An estimated 1 million people have disabled their Disney+ accounts in support of Jimmy Kimmel…👇
Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨
#BoycottTheMouse
#FuckDisney
Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨
#BoycottTheMouse
#FuckDisney
September 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
An estimated 1 million people have disabled their Disney+ accounts in support of Jimmy Kimmel…👇
Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨
#BoycottTheMouse
#FuckDisney
Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨
#BoycottTheMouse
#FuckDisney
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September 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
Opinion | I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
The kind of nuance I needed to read. Maybe you, too?
Thousands of Gen Z’ers Don't "Feel Bad" About Charlie Kirk's Murder. Here’s Why.
The online reaction to Charlie Kirk's assassination reveals a generational (and partisan) disconnect on issues of gun violence, systemic injustice, and the nature of political hatred.
open.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The kind of nuance I needed to read. Maybe you, too?
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I am genuinely confused by all this pageantry. He was not an elected official. I cannot think of another time a regular citizen being killed garnered this response. It’s perverse.
September 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I am genuinely confused by all this pageantry. He was not an elected official. I cannot think of another time a regular citizen being killed garnered this response. It’s perverse.
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Former West Point cadet here. The Sylvanus Thayer Award is a big deal. It's one of the biggest days on the Academy's calendar. I can't emphasize enough that the ceremony and dinner for Tom Hanks being cancelled is pretty insane.
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-like...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-like...
Trump Likely Just Ordered West Point to Cancel Ceremony Honoring Tom Hanks
This fucking guy.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Former West Point cadet here. The Sylvanus Thayer Award is a big deal. It's one of the biggest days on the Academy's calendar. I can't emphasize enough that the ceremony and dinner for Tom Hanks being cancelled is pretty insane.
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-like...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/trump-like...
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This is not a thorny issue. This is not fraught. It is extrajudicial killing. It is the killing of civilians under any standard of law. He killed them on the basis of his-say so that they are drug smugglers, mere criminals. It was premeditated. And he's saying he's going to do it again and again.
I know people are overwhelmed by too much news from every angle, and maybe people are distracted by the "terrorist" language, or just plain exhausted.
But this is the President of the United States saying he is going to go around killing people because he thinks they're criminals. And already did.
But this is the President of the United States saying he is going to go around killing people because he thinks they're criminals. And already did.
Trump: "When I see boats coming in like loaded up the other day with all sorts of drugs -- probably fentanyl mostly -- we're gonna take them out. And if people wants to have fun on the high seas of the low seas they're gonna be in trouble."
September 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is not a thorny issue. This is not fraught. It is extrajudicial killing. It is the killing of civilians under any standard of law. He killed them on the basis of his-say so that they are drug smugglers, mere criminals. It was premeditated. And he's saying he's going to do it again and again.
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Two decades ago, writer Laurence Britt listed 14 defining characteristics of fascism. In this thread, I match them up with actions of Trump and his regime. Spoiler alert: MAGA is 14-for-14.
1. Powerful and continuing nationalism
Two decades ago, writer Laurence Britt listed 14 defining characteristics of fascism. In this thread, I match them up with actions of Trump and his regime. Spoiler alert: MAGA is 14-for-14.
1. Powerful and continuing nationalism
Donald Trump thinks not clapping for him is ‘treasonous’ | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump wasn’t – and, apparently, still isn’t – happy that Democrats in Congress didn’t stand to applaud him in his State of the Union address last week.
www.cnn.com
September 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🧵🧵🧵
Two decades ago, writer Laurence Britt listed 14 defining characteristics of fascism. In this thread, I match them up with actions of Trump and his regime. Spoiler alert: MAGA is 14-for-14.
1. Powerful and continuing nationalism
Two decades ago, writer Laurence Britt listed 14 defining characteristics of fascism. In this thread, I match them up with actions of Trump and his regime. Spoiler alert: MAGA is 14-for-14.
1. Powerful and continuing nationalism
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Smart. Destroy perfectly good satellite because they monitor climate.
“It’s like buying a car and then running it into a tree after a few years, just to save the price of tank of gas.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/c...
“It’s like buying a car and then running it into a tree after a few years, just to save the price of tank of gas.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/c...
Two Valuable Satellites Are in ‘Perfect Health.’ They May Be Scrapped.
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Smart. Destroy perfectly good satellite because they monitor climate.
“It’s like buying a car and then running it into a tree after a few years, just to save the price of tank of gas.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/c...
“It’s like buying a car and then running it into a tree after a few years, just to save the price of tank of gas.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/c...
Cat (@cat4truth)
substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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If not for the deployment of the military, this would be the biggest story right now. Or at least it should be...
"In recent weeks, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has doubled down on its sweeping bid to wrangle private voter data from states — including by threatening legal action."
"In recent weeks, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has doubled down on its sweeping bid to wrangle private voter data from states — including by threatening legal action."
The Trump Administration Wants Your Voter Registration Data. Why?
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If not for the deployment of the military, this would be the biggest story right now. Or at least it should be...
"In recent weeks, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has doubled down on its sweeping bid to wrangle private voter data from states — including by threatening legal action."
"In recent weeks, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has doubled down on its sweeping bid to wrangle private voter data from states — including by threatening legal action."
