Jerry Shaver
@jerryshaver.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Layabout. I mostly talk politics, baseball, and movies/TV, particularly Star Trek, Marvel, and related geeky stuff. Unless I actually know you, don't DM me. I have a real quick blocking finger.
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I'm not supporting any Democratic candidate in the 2028 primaries who is unable to pronounce the phrase "Abolish ICE" correctly.
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What’s that? She doesn’t want us to say JONATHAN ROSS?
Why does she want us to stop saying JONATHAN ROSS?
Is there something wrong with saying JONATHAN ROSS?
JONATHAN ROSS
Why does she want us to stop saying JONATHAN ROSS?
Is there something wrong with saying JONATHAN ROSS?
JONATHAN ROSS
BRENNAN: Tell me about the officer, Jonathan Ross
KRISTI NOEM: Don't say his name! I mean, for heaven's sake, we shouldn't have people continue to dox law enforcement
BRENNAN: His name is public
NOEM: I know, but that doesn't mean it should continue to be said
KRISTI NOEM: Don't say his name! I mean, for heaven's sake, we shouldn't have people continue to dox law enforcement
BRENNAN: His name is public
NOEM: I know, but that doesn't mean it should continue to be said
January 18, 2026 at 8:29 PM
What’s that? She doesn’t want us to say JONATHAN ROSS?
Why does she want us to stop saying JONATHAN ROSS?
Is there something wrong with saying JONATHAN ROSS?
JONATHAN ROSS
Why does she want us to stop saying JONATHAN ROSS?
Is there something wrong with saying JONATHAN ROSS?
JONATHAN ROSS
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People are review bombing STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY, and I have some thoughts about that
www.slashfilm.com/2078525/star...
www.slashfilm.com/2078525/star...
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Is Getting Review Bombed And That's Sad But Not Surprising - SlashFilm
Star Trek has been boldly and controversially progressive from the very start, so it's no surprise that Starfleet Academy is getting review bombed.
www.slashfilm.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:37 PM
People are review bombing STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY, and I have some thoughts about that
www.slashfilm.com/2078525/star...
www.slashfilm.com/2078525/star...
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@startrek turns 60 this year and I am proud to have been part of it for more half of its lifetime. Many pontificate over what Star Trek is and should be and which new iterations of Star Trek the late Gene Roddenberry would "like" and which would make him "turn over in his grave".
January 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
@startrek turns 60 this year and I am proud to have been part of it for more half of its lifetime. Many pontificate over what Star Trek is and should be and which new iterations of Star Trek the late Gene Roddenberry would "like" and which would make him "turn over in his grave".
Two thoughts about Starfleet Academy:
1. It's way better than I was expecting. I'm really looking forward to the rest of the season.
2. Literally every other character in the show, including Almond Basket, is more interesting than the bro they centered the first two episodes around.
#treksky
1. It's way better than I was expecting. I'm really looking forward to the rest of the season.
2. Literally every other character in the show, including Almond Basket, is more interesting than the bro they centered the first two episodes around.
#treksky
January 18, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Two thoughts about Starfleet Academy:
1. It's way better than I was expecting. I'm really looking forward to the rest of the season.
2. Literally every other character in the show, including Almond Basket, is more interesting than the bro they centered the first two episodes around.
#treksky
1. It's way better than I was expecting. I'm really looking forward to the rest of the season.
2. Literally every other character in the show, including Almond Basket, is more interesting than the bro they centered the first two episodes around.
#treksky
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1. Minnesota was less than a hundred seats away from losing a congressional seat after the last census. We are all but certain to lose a seat in the next one.
2. If Minnesota loses a seat the most likely outcome is that our congressional delegation goes from 4 DFL-4 R to 5 DFL-2 R.
2. If Minnesota loses a seat the most likely outcome is that our congressional delegation goes from 4 DFL-4 R to 5 DFL-2 R.
Another data point indicating that Polymarket is not a “prediction market” but a public persuasion operation—here it spreads disinformation about Minnesota and DHS signals boosts the disinformation:
January 16, 2026 at 9:50 PM
1. Minnesota was less than a hundred seats away from losing a congressional seat after the last census. We are all but certain to lose a seat in the next one.
2. If Minnesota loses a seat the most likely outcome is that our congressional delegation goes from 4 DFL-4 R to 5 DFL-2 R.
2. If Minnesota loses a seat the most likely outcome is that our congressional delegation goes from 4 DFL-4 R to 5 DFL-2 R.
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Actually this *is* the future liberals want, the fact it's sending Stephen Miller into conniptions is just a side benefit
January 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Actually this *is* the future liberals want, the fact it's sending Stephen Miller into conniptions is just a side benefit
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Understand this now:
The DSA/“progressive” Left plans to disrupt DEMOCRATS if they win primaries and elections.
THEY DON’T ATTACK REPUBLICANS. THEY ATTACK DEMOCRATS.
They’re running hostile candidates against Democrats all over the country.
Defeat them.
The DSA/“progressive” Left plans to disrupt DEMOCRATS if they win primaries and elections.
THEY DON’T ATTACK REPUBLICANS. THEY ATTACK DEMOCRATS.
They’re running hostile candidates against Democrats all over the country.
Defeat them.
Wanna know what real
Wokeness is??
It’s being alert to the games ppl play, knowing the chess moves of the opponent even before they make it & acting on it & understanding when you are being played
Stay woke stay alert stay vigilant.
They are telling us how they plan on getting rid of Black leaders
Wokeness is??
It’s being alert to the games ppl play, knowing the chess moves of the opponent even before they make it & acting on it & understanding when you are being played
Stay woke stay alert stay vigilant.
They are telling us how they plan on getting rid of Black leaders
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Understand this now:
The DSA/“progressive” Left plans to disrupt DEMOCRATS if they win primaries and elections.
THEY DON’T ATTACK REPUBLICANS. THEY ATTACK DEMOCRATS.
They’re running hostile candidates against Democrats all over the country.
Defeat them.
The DSA/“progressive” Left plans to disrupt DEMOCRATS if they win primaries and elections.
THEY DON’T ATTACK REPUBLICANS. THEY ATTACK DEMOCRATS.
They’re running hostile candidates against Democrats all over the country.
Defeat them.
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MAGA is a far greater threat to social cohesion than immigrants are, and it's not even close. Really enjoyed talking to @liberalcurrents.com on this podcast about my piece on Stephen Miller's worldview. This was an effort at something comprehensive and theorized and I hope we didn't disappoint:
A favorite part of the discussion with @gregsargent.bsky.social was when it became clear that in many ways it’s MAGA who are unassimilated with the basic norms of our society, whereas kids who are immigrants or the children of them are at school with all the other kids & it’s completely normal
Half the Answer #59: Understanding Stephen Miller
Trent and Caitlin catch up with Greg Sargent from The New Republic about his recent piece exploring the family history and ideology of Stephen Miller. How did the product of Russian Jewish refugees co...
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:22 PM
MAGA is a far greater threat to social cohesion than immigrants are, and it's not even close. Really enjoyed talking to @liberalcurrents.com on this podcast about my piece on Stephen Miller's worldview. This was an effort at something comprehensive and theorized and I hope we didn't disappoint:
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They're painting tunnels on the sides of mountains and putting whole pies in mouse traps so we injure our giant oblong thumbs.
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin on "acts of violence" against ICE agents in Minnesota: "Pouring water on the ground so that it would freeze the ground in front of our federal law enforcement vehicles so that they would potentially slide, crash, and potentially kill them"
January 16, 2026 at 3:06 AM
They're painting tunnels on the sides of mountains and putting whole pies in mouse traps so we injure our giant oblong thumbs.
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Like the Mullahs of Iran drooling for the blood of their cousins.
Right-wing media are backing Trump as he threatens to use the Insurrection Act.
January 16, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Like the Mullahs of Iran drooling for the blood of their cousins.
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Is lil’ Steven Cheung spending the night changing the Nobel prize winner wiki page every time someone changes it back?
January 16, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Is lil’ Steven Cheung spending the night changing the Nobel prize winner wiki page every time someone changes it back?
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Martin Luther King, Jr. was born January 15, 1929
January 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born January 15, 1929
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sinema is up there with joe lieberman on my list of people whose faces make me break out in rage hives but you gotta respect her commitment to being a terrible human being 24/7, few politicians have ever reached this level of "fuck you I got mine"
Crypto lobbyist and former senator Kyrsten Sinema has been sued for having affair with her ex-bodyguard. She also allegedly encouraged him to take the psychedelic drug MDMA on a Senate work trip so she could guide him through it.
Kyrsten Sinema Accused of Having Affair With Ex-Bodyguard
Crypto lobbyist and former senator Kyrsten Sinema has been sued for having affair with her ex-bodyguard. She also allegedly encouraged him to take the psychedelic drug MDMA on a Senate work trip so she could guide him through it.
nymag.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:54 PM
sinema is up there with joe lieberman on my list of people whose faces make me break out in rage hives but you gotta respect her commitment to being a terrible human being 24/7, few politicians have ever reached this level of "fuck you I got mine"
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They really, truly believe that all of us who are aghast at them are just pretending because of all the money we're being paid.
I said it before, and I'll say it again now:
These deployments are rooted in the insane theory that USAID and the rest of the government was funding American liberalism and civic society, and that by destroying USAID ICE/DHS would have free reign.
They were not prepared for *any* resistance.
These deployments are rooted in the insane theory that USAID and the rest of the government was funding American liberalism and civic society, and that by destroying USAID ICE/DHS would have free reign.
They were not prepared for *any* resistance.
They keep increasing the size and aggression of their deployments while targeting smaller and smaller places, because Stephen Miller derives an almost sexual thrill from the idea of masked thugs overrunning an ethnic enclave, but can’t find enough thugs or a neighborhood that’s vulnerable enough
January 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
They really, truly believe that all of us who are aghast at them are just pretending because of all the money we're being paid.
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Really, all they legally can do is bolster local police during a time of crisis. This isn't a kill switch for democracy.
Not sure who needs to hear this, but the Insurrection Act isn’t the same as “martial law.” It authorizes the molitary to engage in civil law enforcement. And not clear that even then, whether they can enforce state criminal laws
January 15, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Really, all they legally can do is bolster local police during a time of crisis. This isn't a kill switch for democracy.
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It seems like every poll on every subject these days could be reduced to "25% of Americans are drooling pro-fascist dolts."
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
It seems like every poll on every subject these days could be reduced to "25% of Americans are drooling pro-fascist dolts."
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The Twin Cities are the 15th-largest metro in America and in the top 150 in the world. We hide out a bit because Minneapolis and St. Paul are two cities instead of one big one.
Once again, calling the Twin Cities "mid-tier" is absolutely tell-on-your self stuff. It's a major metro area!
January 15, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The Twin Cities are the 15th-largest metro in America and in the top 150 in the world. We hide out a bit because Minneapolis and St. Paul are two cities instead of one big one.
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Your driver license doesn't prove citizenship.
Your Real ID doesn't prove citizenship.
They'll claim your birth certificate, passport, and social security card are fake or stolen.
It is impossible to "prove" citizenship to people who only want to detain you because you're not white enough.
Your Real ID doesn't prove citizenship.
They'll claim your birth certificate, passport, and social security card are fake or stolen.
It is impossible to "prove" citizenship to people who only want to detain you because you're not white enough.
January 15, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Your driver license doesn't prove citizenship.
Your Real ID doesn't prove citizenship.
They'll claim your birth certificate, passport, and social security card are fake or stolen.
It is impossible to "prove" citizenship to people who only want to detain you because you're not white enough.
Your Real ID doesn't prove citizenship.
They'll claim your birth certificate, passport, and social security card are fake or stolen.
It is impossible to "prove" citizenship to people who only want to detain you because you're not white enough.
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Every time you tweet in anger about some centrist memo "warning" Dems not to talk about "Abolish ICE," you're just persuading reporters that the memo is newsworthy and getting the memo's authors the media attention they originally set out to get, thus rewarding them for baiting you.
January 15, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Every time you tweet in anger about some centrist memo "warning" Dems not to talk about "Abolish ICE," you're just persuading reporters that the memo is newsworthy and getting the memo's authors the media attention they originally set out to get, thus rewarding them for baiting you.
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We're running an extortion racket centered around racial profiling.
Kristi Noem: "If anything doesn't change with Gov. Walz, I don't anticipate that the streets will get any safer or more peaceful"
January 15, 2026 at 3:43 PM
We're running an extortion racket centered around racial profiling.
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Stage 5 pundit-brain is watching an innocent woman being killed by agents of the state and going, "hmm this says a lot about the urban-rural divide in America."
January 15, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Stage 5 pundit-brain is watching an innocent woman being killed by agents of the state and going, "hmm this says a lot about the urban-rural divide in America."
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This is insane. And horribly written. It’s reads like a parody of a NYT diner story.
Stage 5 pundit-brain is watching an innocent woman being killed by agents of the state and going, "hmm this says a lot about the urban-rural divide in America."
January 15, 2026 at 3:43 PM
This is insane. And horribly written. It’s reads like a parody of a NYT diner story.
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Sometimes I think about how Kristi Noem bragged about shooting a puppy
January 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Sometimes I think about how Kristi Noem bragged about shooting a puppy
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Imagine your job consisting of the angriest people you've ever seen in your entire life yelling at you 24/7 and throwing bottles of piss in your car while you battle the subzero elements they don't even bat an eyelash about.
Imagine the toll that takes on your psyche. May they never find peace.
Imagine the toll that takes on your psyche. May they never find peace.
January 15, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Imagine your job consisting of the angriest people you've ever seen in your entire life yelling at you 24/7 and throwing bottles of piss in your car while you battle the subzero elements they don't even bat an eyelash about.
Imagine the toll that takes on your psyche. May they never find peace.
Imagine the toll that takes on your psyche. May they never find peace.