Jackson Peel
@jaxpeel.bsky.social
Democratic Comms Guy. Florida Man.
The Sax Pistols
Slightly diminish a band: The Who Cares?
Slightly diminish a band: Huey Lewis and the Social Media
August 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The Sax Pistols
I mean… I think “Hegseth leaked top secret info about a military operation to a Signal group that included a reporter” defines his first six months, but that’s just me.
Suspicions about leaks and a mistrust of senior military officers have defined much of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first six months on the job. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/u...
July 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I mean… I think “Hegseth leaked top secret info about a military operation to a Signal group that included a reporter” defines his first six months, but that’s just me.
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I watched as Republicans lied about Biden during North Carolina’s recovery efforts, and now, they have the audacity to be mad that we’re telling the TRUTH?!
They defunded the NOAA and the National Weather Service after everyone told them how bad of an idea that was
They MUST be called out!
They defunded the NOAA and the National Weather Service after everyone told them how bad of an idea that was
They MUST be called out!
July 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I watched as Republicans lied about Biden during North Carolina’s recovery efforts, and now, they have the audacity to be mad that we’re telling the TRUTH?!
They defunded the NOAA and the National Weather Service after everyone told them how bad of an idea that was
They MUST be called out!
They defunded the NOAA and the National Weather Service after everyone told them how bad of an idea that was
They MUST be called out!
Wait @themountaingoats.bsky.social were Elon & Donald the Alpha Couple this whole time???
June 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Wait @themountaingoats.bsky.social were Elon & Donald the Alpha Couple this whole time???
What?
Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."
May 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
What?
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🚨We gotta call bullshit: the SAVE Act makes it harder for rural Americans to vote.
Some could face an 8-HOUR round trip just to register to vote. It's voter suppression, plain and simple.
Call your Senators – tell them to vote NO: (202) 224-3121
Some could face an 8-HOUR round trip just to register to vote. It's voter suppression, plain and simple.
Call your Senators – tell them to vote NO: (202) 224-3121
May 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🚨We gotta call bullshit: the SAVE Act makes it harder for rural Americans to vote.
Some could face an 8-HOUR round trip just to register to vote. It's voter suppression, plain and simple.
Call your Senators – tell them to vote NO: (202) 224-3121
Some could face an 8-HOUR round trip just to register to vote. It's voter suppression, plain and simple.
Call your Senators – tell them to vote NO: (202) 224-3121
Donald Trump, alone & unchecked, wrecked the world’s economy. And the Congressional Republicans handed him the unique power to do it. They could take it back and fix this TODAY if they had a spine.
April 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Donald Trump, alone & unchecked, wrecked the world’s economy. And the Congressional Republicans handed him the unique power to do it. They could take it back and fix this TODAY if they had a spine.
The same people who insist you can’t raise wages or it’ll wildly drive up prices are now trying to tell you that tariffs don’t raise prices.
“Bro, it’s a tax that other countries pay!”
“Bro, it’s a tax that other countries pay!”
April 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The same people who insist you can’t raise wages or it’ll wildly drive up prices are now trying to tell you that tariffs don’t raise prices.
“Bro, it’s a tax that other countries pay!”
“Bro, it’s a tax that other countries pay!”
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Every day I wake up to the news
April 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Every day I wake up to the news
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
They don’t even know what is or isn’t the government. This is so stupid.
Today the US Administration incompetently tried to seize control of the Institute of Peace—an organization that is not part of the government, and over which it has no authority.
www.usip.org/press/2025/0...
www.usip.org/press/2025/0...
March 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
They don’t even know what is or isn’t the government. This is so stupid.
Perhaps Alina Habba is not fit to have this particular job at the moment.
Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."
March 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Perhaps Alina Habba is not fit to have this particular job at the moment.
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Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."
March 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."
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MUST-READ new report on Florida’s voucher scheme from @orlandosentinel
70% of voucher users were already in private school (as in other states)
70% of the state’s private students funded by taxpayers
The wealthiest bracket = most of the beneficiaries 👇
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/02/12/m...
70% of voucher users were already in private school (as in other states)
70% of the state’s private students funded by taxpayers
The wealthiest bracket = most of the beneficiaries 👇
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/02/12/m...
February 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
MUST-READ new report on Florida’s voucher scheme from @orlandosentinel
70% of voucher users were already in private school (as in other states)
70% of the state’s private students funded by taxpayers
The wealthiest bracket = most of the beneficiaries 👇
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/02/12/m...
70% of voucher users were already in private school (as in other states)
70% of the state’s private students funded by taxpayers
The wealthiest bracket = most of the beneficiaries 👇
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/02/12/m...
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Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointee to the University of West Florida, Scott Yenor, wants to make the state a proving ground to reengineer higher ed to diminish female advancement, elevate White men and whitewash history. Senators should reject his confirmation. My column, via @opinion.bloomberg.com
Meet the Educator Who Thinks Fewer Women Should Go to College
Florida has become a petri dish for far-right attempts to remake higher education.
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointee to the University of West Florida, Scott Yenor, wants to make the state a proving ground to reengineer higher ed to diminish female advancement, elevate White men and whitewash history. Senators should reject his confirmation. My column, via @opinion.bloomberg.com
There’s a banana car in Tallahassee. This is not a drill.
February 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
There’s a banana car in Tallahassee. This is not a drill.
Ron DeSantis went from being a powerful GOP presidential frontrunner to feuding with *checks notes* nearly all elected Republicans in state government.
January 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Ron DeSantis went from being a powerful GOP presidential frontrunner to feuding with *checks notes* nearly all elected Republicans in state government.
As a native Floridian, I don’t have much experience at these things but I think this guy turned out pretty well.
January 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
As a native Floridian, I don’t have much experience at these things but I think this guy turned out pretty well.
Please understand how powerful this makes China. “Oh your US aid stopped and you still need that thing? We’ll finance it! Oh, about those mineral rights leases coming up…”
Marco Rubio on day 1 as secretary of state oversaw a halt to all foreign aid money and met with Asian diplomats. Trump's executive order said Rubio would set guidelines for reassessing foreign aid. Programs around the world are already affected. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...
January 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Please understand how powerful this makes China. “Oh your US aid stopped and you still need that thing? We’ll finance it! Oh, about those mineral rights leases coming up…”
We’ve got snow in Tallahassee. (Palm tree for contrast… both photographical and climatalogical.)
January 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We’ve got snow in Tallahassee. (Palm tree for contrast… both photographical and climatalogical.)
Greenland & Canada probably feel a lot safer knowing that Trump can’t even take the DC winter.
January 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Greenland & Canada probably feel a lot safer knowing that Trump can’t even take the DC winter.
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Guys, don’t look now but the Legislature is legislaturing again!!!
January 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Guys, don’t look now but the Legislature is legislaturing again!!!
Beltran was an interesting lawmaker. Super conservative, but he bucked leadership several times. His disdain for “how things are done” was obvious by the end.
Ex-lawmaker says he quit because of an oppressive and dictatorial atmosphere in the #Florida Legislature, where all legislative initiatives and even members’ votes are tightly controlled by top leaders in the House and Senate. floridatrident.org/do-florida-l... via @floridatrident.bsky.social
Do Florida lawmakers serve citizens or lobbyists and legislative bosses?
At one time, Tampa Bay lawmaker Mike Beltran appeared to have it made with a promising political career. An archconservative Harvard Law
floridatrident.org
January 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Beltran was an interesting lawmaker. Super conservative, but he bucked leadership several times. His disdain for “how things are done” was obvious by the end.
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Most succinct fact-check I've read of how LA Fire Dept's budget wasn't recently cut -- in fact, the opposite -- from @politico.com. But that misinformation spread anyway. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
January 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Most succinct fact-check I've read of how LA Fire Dept's budget wasn't recently cut -- in fact, the opposite -- from @politico.com. But that misinformation spread anyway. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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For the second year, #Florida Gov. DeSantis' administration turns down federal summer food benefits program for children www.wlrn.org/health/2025-... via @wlrn.bsky.social
For the second year, Florida turns down federal summer food benefits program for children
The program known as Sun Bucks offers eligible parents in participating states a total of $120 per child to assist with the cost of groceries over the summer months.
www.wlrn.org
January 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
For the second year, #Florida Gov. DeSantis' administration turns down federal summer food benefits program for children www.wlrn.org/health/2025-... via @wlrn.bsky.social