Jerry Mayer
@jeremydmayer.bsky.social
Associate professor of political science at George Mason University in Virginia, USA. Father of Nikko, lover of books, politics, theater, music, and similar stuff.
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3) 6 in 10 Republicans (62%) and white evangelicals (56%) agree that the federal government should place immigrants who are in the country illegally in internment camps guarded by the U.S. military until they can be deported.
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June 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
3) 6 in 10 Republicans (62%) and white evangelicals (56%) agree that the federal government should place immigrants who are in the country illegally in internment camps guarded by the U.S. military until they can be deported.
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I suspect Trump is underestimating the possibility that the military parade will backfire in terms of his consolidation of power and popularity.
June 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I suspect Trump is underestimating the possibility that the military parade will backfire in terms of his consolidation of power and popularity.
The stupid is a feature not a bug.
(Reuters) - FEMA staff left baffled after the disaster agency’s head said during a briefing that he hadn’t been aware the US has a hurricane season. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/
June 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The stupid is a feature not a bug.
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
Trump speculated today that he could pardon Diddy.
I'm so tired of typing some version of "imagine for a moment the hellstorm of criticism on Fox if a Democrat contemplated this"
But yeah, just imagine.
It would be relentless, epic, traumatizing.
It might end a career.
Sigh.
I'm so tired of typing some version of "imagine for a moment the hellstorm of criticism on Fox if a Democrat contemplated this"
But yeah, just imagine.
It would be relentless, epic, traumatizing.
It might end a career.
Sigh.
May 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Trump speculated today that he could pardon Diddy.
I'm so tired of typing some version of "imagine for a moment the hellstorm of criticism on Fox if a Democrat contemplated this"
But yeah, just imagine.
It would be relentless, epic, traumatizing.
It might end a career.
Sigh.
I'm so tired of typing some version of "imagine for a moment the hellstorm of criticism on Fox if a Democrat contemplated this"
But yeah, just imagine.
It would be relentless, epic, traumatizing.
It might end a career.
Sigh.
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What is a nation supposed to do when its leader is publicly committing impeachable offenses on a daily basis and the impeachment process is utterly broken due to slightly more than half of the nation's Congress being members of a cult dedicated to destroying rule of law
May 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
What is a nation supposed to do when its leader is publicly committing impeachable offenses on a daily basis and the impeachment process is utterly broken due to slightly more than half of the nation's Congress being members of a cult dedicated to destroying rule of law
I was warned months ago by someone who travels high in GOP circles that Noem was known by insiders for being catastrophically stupid.
Turns out that was true.
Our Homeland Security Secretary, sent to Capitol Hill to TALK ABOUT HABEAS CORPUS--did not know what it was.
Dumb don’t get much dumber.
Turns out that was true.
Our Homeland Security Secretary, sent to Capitol Hill to TALK ABOUT HABEAS CORPUS--did not know what it was.
Dumb don’t get much dumber.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I was warned months ago by someone who travels high in GOP circles that Noem was known by insiders for being catastrophically stupid.
Turns out that was true.
Our Homeland Security Secretary, sent to Capitol Hill to TALK ABOUT HABEAS CORPUS--did not know what it was.
Dumb don’t get much dumber.
Turns out that was true.
Our Homeland Security Secretary, sent to Capitol Hill to TALK ABOUT HABEAS CORPUS--did not know what it was.
Dumb don’t get much dumber.
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HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
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America in 2025:
Habemas papam
Non habeas corpus
Habemas papam
Non habeas corpus
May 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
America in 2025:
Habemas papam
Non habeas corpus
Habemas papam
Non habeas corpus
Trump takes credit for first American Pope in 3…2…1…
White smoke was sent up by the conclave and history has been made, as Robert Francis Prevost, an American, has been named as the 267th pope.
Prevost, 69, is the first ever pope from the United States. He will be known as Leo XIV.
Prevost, 69, is the first ever pope from the United States. He will be known as Leo XIV.
May 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Trump takes credit for first American Pope in 3…2…1…
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Hauled off to a detention center WEARING CHAINS AROUND HER WRISTS AND ANKLES and she'll be held there FOR A MONTH before she gets to see a judge, all because she made an illegal right turn on red. Jesus.
And remember -- that ugliness is the due process that the Trump folks whine is too much.
And remember -- that ugliness is the due process that the Trump folks whine is too much.
A college student in Georgia who has lived in the US since age four faces a month in prison and then possible deportation after a traffic stop for turning right on a red light.
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May 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Hauled off to a detention center WEARING CHAINS AROUND HER WRISTS AND ANKLES and she'll be held there FOR A MONTH before she gets to see a judge, all because she made an illegal right turn on red. Jesus.
And remember -- that ugliness is the due process that the Trump folks whine is too much.
And remember -- that ugliness is the due process that the Trump folks whine is too much.
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Best sign from yesterday.
May 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Best sign from yesterday.
This is legal gangsterism by the FBI.
This is Linda Martin. A few years ago, the FBI seized her life savings: $40,200.
The kicker: She was never charged with a crime—and the government couldn’t tell her why it took her money.
Martin is far from the first. But she is trying to make sure she is the last. A thread.
The kicker: She was never charged with a crime—and the government couldn’t tell her why it took her money.
Martin is far from the first. But she is trying to make sure she is the last. A thread.
May 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This is legal gangsterism by the FBI.
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If a Democrat did this, it would lead Fox News for months.
The Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, went to pay his respects to the servicemembers and civilians lost in Pearl Harbor on “June 7th, 1941.”
It looks good, except Pearl Harbor happened on December 7th.
It seems Mr. Phelan skipped that part of history class.
Only the best people, right?
It looks good, except Pearl Harbor happened on December 7th.
It seems Mr. Phelan skipped that part of history class.
Only the best people, right?
April 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If a Democrat did this, it would lead Fox News for months.
The guy who did the hard but right thing and conceded an election that may well have been stolen has to hate Trump with a rage hotter than the sun.
April 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The guy who did the hard but right thing and conceded an election that may well have been stolen has to hate Trump with a rage hotter than the sun.
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Someone should ask Homan if it would be ok to send him to a gulag if a completely different white guy he has nothing to do with commits murder bsky.app/profile/atru...
Homan on Abrego Garcia: "He got more due process than Laken Riley got."
April 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Someone should ask Homan if it would be ok to send him to a gulag if a completely different white guy he has nothing to do with commits murder bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
April 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
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Fun Tariff Facts: during the depression the US lost access to many imported paper products. They were replaced with an unusually tough paper stock made of hemp from the Philippines (then a US colony, and tariff exempt).
Anyway, that’s why they were, and still are, called Manila folders /
envelopes.
Anyway, that’s why they were, and still are, called Manila folders /
envelopes.
April 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Fun Tariff Facts: during the depression the US lost access to many imported paper products. They were replaced with an unusually tough paper stock made of hemp from the Philippines (then a US colony, and tariff exempt).
Anyway, that’s why they were, and still are, called Manila folders /
envelopes.
Anyway, that’s why they were, and still are, called Manila folders /
envelopes.
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i have no doubt that senator van hollen was genuinely concerned for the safety and welfare of abrego garcia BUT ALSO this is what i'm talking about when i say POLITICAL AMBITION. van hollen may well make himself a household name and nationally recognized political figure with this move
April 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
i have no doubt that senator van hollen was genuinely concerned for the safety and welfare of abrego garcia BUT ALSO this is what i'm talking about when i say POLITICAL AMBITION. van hollen may well make himself a household name and nationally recognized political figure with this move
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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
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Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
April 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
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Remember when a group of white nationalists in 2017 menaced anti-racist protesters in Charlottesville chanting "Jews will not replace us" & then the President at the time said there were "many fine people on both sides" of that event? The feds investigating antisemitism should look into that guy.
April 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Remember when a group of white nationalists in 2017 menaced anti-racist protesters in Charlottesville chanting "Jews will not replace us" & then the President at the time said there were "many fine people on both sides" of that event? The feds investigating antisemitism should look into that guy.