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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It's not enough for people to realize that trump has lied to them. They need to understand that the media that sold trump to them has also been lying to them...about everything.
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Just sitting here thinking about how we could have had a functional, competent, rational, reasonable Supreme Court, fully funded and expanded healthcare, far less debt, be much farther along in climate action, and have taco trucks available on street corners... but White People voted for a conman.
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Just sitting here thinking about how we could have had a functional, competent, rational, reasonable Supreme Court, fully funded and expanded healthcare, far less debt, be much farther along in climate action, and have taco trucks available on street corners... but White People voted for a conman.
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Authoritarians attack educators because they know teachers are the muscle of democracy. This piece from @shankerinst.bsky.social shows how educators from Norway to Chile to right here in the US are standing up for truth, freedom, and their students. www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/when-ed...
When Educators Confront Authoritarianism
Educators are critical to the maintenance of democratic institutions, norms, and freedoms.
www.shankerinstitute.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Authoritarians attack educators because they know teachers are the muscle of democracy. This piece from @shankerinst.bsky.social shows how educators from Norway to Chile to right here in the US are standing up for truth, freedom, and their students. www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/when-ed...
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
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Immigrants are so poor and backwards, they're eating (white) people's cats and they're eating their dogs!
Also, immigrants are so rich and elitist that they're stealing all the good Ivy League admissions spots from deserving (white) students in America!
Also, immigrants are so rich and elitist that they're stealing all the good Ivy League admissions spots from deserving (white) students in America!
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Immigrants are so poor and backwards, they're eating (white) people's cats and they're eating their dogs!
Also, immigrants are so rich and elitist that they're stealing all the good Ivy League admissions spots from deserving (white) students in America!
Also, immigrants are so rich and elitist that they're stealing all the good Ivy League admissions spots from deserving (white) students in America!
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Very grateful for this. See https://presswatchers.org/2025/10/lawless-police-state-raid-of-chicago-apartment-building-demands-more-attention/
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Today, the BBC bent the knee.
Yesterday, it came out that a NYT reporter had with emails from Jeffrey Epstein in 2015 that were highly damaging to Trump and were never disclosed to the public.
This is on top of WaPo, ABC, CBS all capitulating.
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Yesterday, it came out that a NYT reporter had with emails from Jeffrey Epstein in 2015 that were highly damaging to Trump and were never disclosed to the public.
This is on top of WaPo, ABC, CBS all capitulating.
Support pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Today, the BBC bent the knee.
Yesterday, it came out that a NYT reporter had with emails from Jeffrey Epstein in 2015 that were highly damaging to Trump and were never disclosed to the public.
This is on top of WaPo, ABC, CBS all capitulating.
Support pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Yesterday, it came out that a NYT reporter had with emails from Jeffrey Epstein in 2015 that were highly damaging to Trump and were never disclosed to the public.
This is on top of WaPo, ABC, CBS all capitulating.
Support pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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That’s easy for him to say
Trump: "Christians and more, think of this, more than twice as likely foster care they'll adopt the general population. They adopt to it so easily. When they get out, they adopt to it like it's become second nature. It's amazing."
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
That’s easy for him to say
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Send Every Billionaire To The North Pole On A Wooden Ship
we need to return to sending useless rich boys on deadly expeditions
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Send Every Billionaire To The North Pole On A Wooden Ship
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He knows that this is complete bullshit. It makes me happy that he’s been reduced to sounding like some dipshit on Facebook.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
He knows that this is complete bullshit. It makes me happy that he’s been reduced to sounding like some dipshit on Facebook.
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Attorney: Can 13-year olds consent to sex?
Republicans: CAN THEY EVER
Republicans: CAN THEY EVER
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Attorney: Can 13-year olds consent to sex?
Republicans: CAN THEY EVER
Republicans: CAN THEY EVER
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Call me a starry-eyed optimist, but just suppose that the Epstein Files managed to rid us of both trump and Larry Summers.
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Call me a starry-eyed optimist, but just suppose that the Epstein Files managed to rid us of both trump and Larry Summers.
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this holiday season i hope you are surrounded by people who love you the way the members of the mainstream media love each other
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
this holiday season i hope you are surrounded by people who love you the way the members of the mainstream media love each other
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Dear god has TAP become trash
The white male state senator w party support* & an endorsement from the House Prog Caucus**, vs the Latina candidate supposedly favored by the DC establishment, as shown by endorsements from Emily’s List (which endorses women) & BOLD PAC (the House Hispanic Caucus…
The white male state senator w party support* & an endorsement from the House Prog Caucus**, vs the Latina candidate supposedly favored by the DC establishment, as shown by endorsements from Emily’s List (which endorses women) & BOLD PAC (the House Hispanic Caucus…
A Democratic primary in Nebraska is breaking the typical formula — there’s a progressive representing the local party establishment going up against an outsider who’s become the darling of national party insiders. Austin Ahlman reports:
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Key Nebraska House Primary Features an Establishment Progressive and an Outsider Moderate - The American Prospect
State lawmaker John Cavanaugh, despite his record and the backing of the Progressive Caucus, represents the local party establishment. Meanwhile, Democratic activist Denise Powell, the self-styled outsider, is rapidly becoming the favored candidate of many in the national party’s donor and operative class.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Dear god has TAP become trash
The white male state senator w party support* & an endorsement from the House Prog Caucus**, vs the Latina candidate supposedly favored by the DC establishment, as shown by endorsements from Emily’s List (which endorses women) & BOLD PAC (the House Hispanic Caucus…
The white male state senator w party support* & an endorsement from the House Prog Caucus**, vs the Latina candidate supposedly favored by the DC establishment, as shown by endorsements from Emily’s List (which endorses women) & BOLD PAC (the House Hispanic Caucus…
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They long stopped pretending this was about crime.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
They long stopped pretending this was about crime.
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Imagine being so desperate you ask Lauren Boebert to lend you a hand.
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Imagine being so desperate you ask Lauren Boebert to lend you a hand.
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These Epstein emails make at least one thing abundantly clear:
The rumors that Trump “kicked Epstein out of Mar a Lago and cut ties with him” were bullshit.
The rumors that Trump “kicked Epstein out of Mar a Lago and cut ties with him” were bullshit.
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
These Epstein emails make at least one thing abundantly clear:
The rumors that Trump “kicked Epstein out of Mar a Lago and cut ties with him” were bullshit.
The rumors that Trump “kicked Epstein out of Mar a Lago and cut ties with him” were bullshit.
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At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
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its so telling that the few times the mainstream media steps down from mount olympus to interact with blue sky is to tell the libs to shut the fuck up and kiss the toes of the new york times.
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
its so telling that the few times the mainstream media steps down from mount olympus to interact with blue sky is to tell the libs to shut the fuck up and kiss the toes of the new york times.
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Turns out it was “but his emails” after all
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Turns out it was “but his emails” after all
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Mandatory comparison. Note, it was a choice to not include a four column wide photo of Trump looking like shit in his only press appearance yesterday when he refused to answer questions about Epstein.
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Mandatory comparison. Note, it was a choice to not include a four column wide photo of Trump looking like shit in his only press appearance yesterday when he refused to answer questions about Epstein.
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The party that sees, hears, and speaks no evil unless a Democrat is involved - in which case IT'S THE WORST THING SINCE ADAM AND EVE WERE CAST OUT OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN OMG HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE UP TO
CNN: Do you still have a question about whether Donald Trump knew about the sexual abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein?
GOP REP. PETE SESSIONS: Well, I've not gone through all of the documents
GOP REP. PETE SESSIONS: Well, I've not gone through all of the documents
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The party that sees, hears, and speaks no evil unless a Democrat is involved - in which case IT'S THE WORST THING SINCE ADAM AND EVE WERE CAST OUT OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN OMG HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE UP TO
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the new york and dc based media
We gotta have a clear term for people so cynical they become gullible.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
the new york and dc based media