Jay Stooksberry
@jaystooksberry.bsky.social
Professional word nerd. Managing editor at Commonwealth Foundation. Occasional writer at @reason.com. Author of "Oxford Mania." Scourge of #TeamOxford. Opinions and bad jokes are my own. You can't have them.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The Oxford comma is wildly overrated and cultishly adored.
I explain why in my new book, out on March 4, 2026.
Learn more and preorder at www.oxfordmania.com.
I explain why in my new book, out on March 4, 2026.
Learn more and preorder at www.oxfordmania.com.
MAGA: I couldn't understand a word Bad Bunny said.
Also MAGA: I especially loved it when he went, "Bawitdaba, da bang, da dang diggy diggy
Diggy, said the boogie, said up jump the boogie."
Also MAGA: I especially loved it when he went, "Bawitdaba, da bang, da dang diggy diggy
Diggy, said the boogie, said up jump the boogie."
February 10, 2026 at 2:32 PM
MAGA: I couldn't understand a word Bad Bunny said.
Also MAGA: I especially loved it when he went, "Bawitdaba, da bang, da dang diggy diggy
Diggy, said the boogie, said up jump the boogie."
Also MAGA: I especially loved it when he went, "Bawitdaba, da bang, da dang diggy diggy
Diggy, said the boogie, said up jump the boogie."
I do the same, but the goofy idiot just stares back at me lovingly, tail wagging. Meanwhile, the cats don't even seem to recognize my existence.
With some regularity, I find myself patiently explaining to our dog why I like our cat more, but so far it hasn’t led to any change in behavior. I’m starting to lose hope.
February 3, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I do the same, but the goofy idiot just stares back at me lovingly, tail wagging. Meanwhile, the cats don't even seem to recognize my existence.
Trump has never set foot outside the White House. The surrounding area is one of the cleanest, safest metropolitan areas I have ever visited.
Wondering if people who don't live in DC get how utterly, hilariously delusional this is.
Trump says he's made it possible for people to "walk to the White House instead of getting into an Uber and getting mugged even as the Uber progresses"
February 3, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Trump has never set foot outside the White House. The surrounding area is one of the cleanest, safest metropolitan areas I have ever visited.
New rule: If your knee-jerk reaction to today's events is "he shouldn't have had a gun," you don't get to fly the Gadsden flag ever again. #abolishICE
January 24, 2026 at 9:03 PM
New rule: If your knee-jerk reaction to today's events is "he shouldn't have had a gun," you don't get to fly the Gadsden flag ever again. #abolishICE
Abolish ICE
A man was choked so hard that his blood vessels burst in his eyelids and his death was ruled a homicide.
This is a rogue agency. It needs to be torn down and replaced with a new federal agency that respects human and constitutional rights and has civil rights oversight.
This is a rogue agency. It needs to be torn down and replaced with a new federal agency that respects human and constitutional rights and has civil rights oversight.
January 22, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Abolish ICE
<------ This is my shocked face.
January 14, 2026 at 2:48 AM
<------ This is my shocked face.
Abolish ICE.
No making ICE "friendlier."
No shifting staff and assets to another agency.
No "ICE is bad, but ..." equivocations.
A-friggin'-bolish.
No making ICE "friendlier."
No shifting staff and assets to another agency.
No "ICE is bad, but ..." equivocations.
A-friggin'-bolish.
Recent tragic events further strengthen the case for abolishing ICE. See my proposal for how to do it:
thehill.com/opinion/immi...
thehill.com/opinion/immi...
thehill.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Abolish ICE.
No making ICE "friendlier."
No shifting staff and assets to another agency.
No "ICE is bad, but ..." equivocations.
A-friggin'-bolish.
No making ICE "friendlier."
No shifting staff and assets to another agency.
No "ICE is bad, but ..." equivocations.
A-friggin'-bolish.
Well, the line between the cops and military has been blurry for quite a while.
Rubio is in all other contexts a vapid moron, but it’s very funny that he has the ability to look an interviewer in the eye and explain that a Delta Force op to depose a foreign head of state and install a puppet in his place isn’t “military,” but simply good old-fashioned police work
![Besides navigating the treacherous minefield of nation-building that lies ahead, Rubio will also have to rebuild trust among U.S. lawmakers, many of whom have accused him of lying to Congress when he said the Trump administration would seek congressional approval before taking military action against Venezuela.
"Secretaries Rubio and [Pete] Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn't about regime change. I didn't trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress," said Sen. Andy Kim (D-New Jersey).
In an interview with The Washington Post, Rubio denied that he lied and said he promised to get congressional approval only if the United States "was going to conduct military strikes for military purposes."
"This was not that. This was a law enforcement operation," Rubio said, referring to the indictment against Maduro in the Southern District of New York on drug charges.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpna2qi2e44fafbhhtqjak3x/bafkreigpcpdtjlo4y4dxcj6dc6gnvay7fsssjij2uoy63twtgzaptxyzzu@jpeg)
January 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Well, the line between the cops and military has been blurry for quite a while.
The crazy thing about this whole Venezuela story is that Trump is still in the Epstein files.
#wagthedog
#wagthedog
January 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The crazy thing about this whole Venezuela story is that Trump is still in the Epstein files.
#wagthedog
#wagthedog
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The Oxford comma is wildly overrated and cultishly adored.
I explain why in my new book, out on March 4, 2026.
Learn more and preorder at www.oxfordmania.com.
I explain why in my new book, out on March 4, 2026.
Learn more and preorder at www.oxfordmania.com.
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The Oxford comma is wildly overrated and cultishly adored.
I explain why in my new book, out on March 4, 2026.
Learn more and preorder at www.oxfordmania.com.
I explain why in my new book, out on March 4, 2026.
Learn more and preorder at www.oxfordmania.com.
The D0J inspired me to get my taxes done early this year.
December 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The D0J inspired me to get my taxes done early this year.
Bingo
I don't know who Trump will nominate to the Fed, but if they listen to him and lower interest rates the way he wants, then he's going to explode inflation heading into the midterms, while tariffs also stagnate the economy. 2026 is going to suck.
December 18, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Bingo
Almost a good take by Reich. He had me until he started clutching his pearls about private prisons.
73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
December 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Almost a good take by Reich. He had me until he started clutching his pearls about private prisons.
Worst. Style. Guide. Ever.
I am fully on team s’ (thought some people were just doing it wrong), two spaces after the end of sentences, and the Oxford comma! See what I did there? 🙂
December 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Worst. Style. Guide. Ever.
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It seems more absurd because it's cosplaying the authoritarian trope without the context that makes it work. They don't actually have the power to make everyone pretend we believe it. Everyone can still point it out, which kind of defeats the power move of it and just makes them seem ridiculous.
What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It seems more absurd because it's cosplaying the authoritarian trope without the context that makes it work. They don't actually have the power to make everyone pretend we believe it. Everyone can still point it out, which kind of defeats the power move of it and just makes them seem ridiculous.
My latest for @reason.com. I dive into the dark etymology of "remigration."
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The history of this word reflects the rise of anti-immigrant politics
"Remigration" is meant to soften the real policy goal—forced removal.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
My latest for @reason.com. I dive into the dark etymology of "remigration."
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I would 100% take this bus to school
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I would 100% take this bus to school
Oh, look at the time. Night, night.
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Oh, look at the time. Night, night.
MTG is lacing up her shit kickers for the holiday season
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
MTG is lacing up her shit kickers for the holiday season
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JD watches grimly from the sidelines (artist's conception)
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
JD watches grimly from the sidelines (artist's conception)
"Can I call you Bubba?"
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
"Can I call you Bubba?"
Horseshoe theory is wild, y'all
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Horseshoe theory is wild, y'all
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the oxford comma is still for pussies btw
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
the oxford comma is still for pussies btw
BUT HIS EMAILS!
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
BUT HIS EMAILS!