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Jeremy Styron
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Former editor, op-ed columnist and reporter; secular humanist; agnostic-atheist, center-left

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Jeremy Styron @jeremystyron.bsky.social · Nov 20
An excerpt from my piece, "Toward a more perfect union" @ thefreethinkerfile.substack.com. Check it out and subscribe for free to read more.

#politics #history #democracy #opinion #oped #writing
jeremystyron.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
Rage, rage against the dying of your legacy, which was mostly dead to begin with.
April 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
Any and all failures of this weasely figure, I'll happily applaud. 👏🎻

#mikejohnson #politics #news #house
Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents
The speaker tried to use an unprecedented parliamentary maneuver to deny a bipartisan majority the chance to hold a vote on their proposal to allow new parents to vote remotely in the House.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
Ya know, I'm starting to think DOGE isn't about saving and efficiency at all.
April 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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marykasprzak.bsky.social
I think the Booker filibuster is a good attempt to get out of the defensive crouch and be visible opposition. The fight is for attention is one dems have been losing
April 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
Senate Republicans standing up to Trump on his fantasy of impeaching federal judges and dismantling district courts is a big deal.

#courts #Trump #politics #news
thehill.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
Election laws? What laws?

#elonmusk #Wisconsin #politics #news
Elon Musk hands out $1M payments after Wisconsin Supreme Court declines request to stop him
Elon Musk gave out $1 million checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters ahead of a Wisconsin Supreme Court election that the tech billionaire cast as critical to President Donald Trump's agenda and "th...
abc7chicago.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
The best use of our time is to randomly help all of our banking friends. They definitely need more cash.

#politics #news #senate
April 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
He'll care eventually. And by the way, prices for American-made cars are also going to increase. This administration gets dumber by the day, and that'll probably be its undoing.

#tariffs #trumptariffs #politics #news
April 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
See below for psychological breakdown of the disturbing manipulation that Trump and Vance attempted to use on Zelensky, who is supposed to be a close ally of ours. It really runs the gamut of victim blaming, bullying and browbeating, and it's no way to treat a friend.

#ukraine #zelensky #trump
March 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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theresistance94.bsky.social
- Trump’s face on a $250 bill
- Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore
- Trump’s birthday as a federal holiday
- change the Constitution to allow a 3rd Trump term

4 bills proposed by Republicans to kiss Trump’s ass, and zero to lower grocery prices.

Cult culture doesn’t help Americans.
February 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
Meet the DOGE staff members that you didn't know you didn't know doing unauthorized work for Musk, also unauthorized. Did Musk also tell them to email to hr@opm.gov describing five things they accomplished last week? Inquiring minds want to know.

#doge #news #politics
Who Is in DOGE? Tracking Its Staffers and Allies in the Federal Government
The Times identified 46 people within the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a group formed by Elon Musk that in a short few weeks has radically upended federal agencies.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
People are waking up. Trump and Elon are making little-L liberal, disastrous changes to government, and this is going to increasingly anger all but the most radicalized (or deluded) conservatives like those in this article. The chinks are beginning to show.

#doge #news #politics #townhall
Some Republicans hammered at home by constituents about DOGE, Ukraine
Some Republicans are facing pushback in their hometowns as President Donald Trump and DOGE makes severe cuts across the federal government.
abcnews.go.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
Long live the king? Thems fightin' words. Or they would be at any other time in American history. But half of Congress is weak and the other half has sold out their own country to curry favor with a wannabe despot.

#longlivetheking #trump #politics #news
February 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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... Cause he's all about saving money, huh? How many more government departments do we have to shutter to pay for this trip? Where's DOGE?

#superbowl #trump #news
February 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
Oh you mean the fee the Associated Press charges every news outlet and organization, including the government, to access the AP news wire.

If you're going to rant, at least try to rant about reality. Fucking idiots.

#ap #USAID #news #politics
February 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
We already know Trump doesn't respect veterans and the military personnel, in so much as he can use them toward his own ends like everyone else, but this is pretty lowdown.

#news #politics #fagan #coastguard #trump
Trump administration evicts former Coast Guard leader from her house with 3 hours notice
Trump fired Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, on his second day in office. A Trump official told her she had three hours to leave her house on Tuesday.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
We already know Trump doesn't respect veterans and the military personnel, insomuch as he can use them toward his own ends like everyone else, but this is pretty lowdown.

#news #politics #coastguard #fagan #trump

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
February 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Reposted by Jeremy Styron
altnps.bsky.social
The lack of transparency from the “Department of Government Efficiency” is contributing to growing anxiety within the federal workforce. Musk’s staff described these meetings as “one-way interviews,” during which federal employees were asked about their work and which colleagues should be fired.
February 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Reposted by Jeremy Styron
altnps.bsky.social
Members of Elon Musk’s secretive team, tasked with reviewing federal agencies for potential cuts, are refusing to reveal their full names to civil servants. Musk’s representatives declined to provide their surnames and refused to answer any questions.
February 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
As soon as all these wacky ideas start hitting the pocketbooks of Trump, Elon and all their billionaire friends, the appetite to cause "pain" will go down immensely.

#stockmarket #news #politics
Futures Plunge On Trump Trade War
Apple, Nvidia and Tesla sold off sharply. Palantir earnings are due after the close.
www.investors.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
Did we make America great yet? Just wondering when that happens -- before or after the trade war and economic recession?

#tradewar #trade #tariffs #trump #news #politics

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/b...
Stocks Fall Around the World as Trump Tariffs Loom
The S&P 500 regained some of its losses from earlier in the day. Shares in Asian manufacturers and European carmakers tumbled on concern that tariffs will hurt trade and disrupt supply chains.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
No. 10: The Brothers Karamazov
#Books
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge
February 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
On what authority is Musk attempting to shut down USAID? Funding for the agency runs through Congress, and funding must be rescinded through Congress. When are the remaining sane Republicans and Democrats going to do something? All of this is illegal.

#usaid #elonmusk #news #politics
Musk to give update on reform effort amid questions about his power
Billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to shrink the federal government, will give an update on the effort early Monday amid reports he has been given access to a vital payments system at the Treasury Department.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
jeremystyron.bsky.social
It's impossible to call yourself a "great" nation, or even a good one, when you refuse to take a moral stand in support of those who need sanctionary from violence and oppression, when you pawn them off as someone else's problem.

#immigration #migrants #venezuela
February 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM