Jim Naughton
@jimnaughton.bsky.social
Formerly: Episcopal comms guy, NYT Sports, WaPo Style, Daily Orange. Currently, thrilled about my new granddaughter, trying to write something. He/him
If only we could vote him out in November. Oh, wait …
Ohio Republican U.S. Senator Jon Husted met with the alleged mastermind of Ohio's largest public corruption scheme two days before scandal-ridden bribery legislation was introduced, according to his official calendar. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/19/s...
Sen. Husted met with man accused of bribery 2 days before HB 6 was introduced, according to schedule • Ohio Capital Journal
U.S. Senator Jon Husted met with the alleged mastermind of Ohio's largest public corruption scheme two days before scandal-ridden bribery legislation was introduced, according to his official…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:16 PM
If only we could vote him out in November. Oh, wait …
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What gets me about this one is how it reveals ICE‘s awareness that the people they’re targeting are *not* scary violent criminals: they’re good neighbors who will risk their safety to help others. You wouldn’t try this tactic unless you knew your justification for arresting this man was bullshit.
Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities
Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...
www.mprnews.org
February 19, 2026 at 2:50 PM
What gets me about this one is how it reveals ICE‘s awareness that the people they’re targeting are *not* scary violent criminals: they’re good neighbors who will risk their safety to help others. You wouldn’t try this tactic unless you knew your justification for arresting this man was bullshit.
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Brutal overview of what's going on in NH education -- including a great example of a useful analogy.
Why pay for New Hampshire schools when you could just methodically destroy them? • New Hampshire Bulletin
In New Hampshire, there are two fundamental kinds of policies: Some attempt to directly address a problem and others aim to redefine, often fallaciously, the nature of the problem itself.
newhampshirebulletin.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Brutal overview of what's going on in NH education -- including a great example of a useful analogy.
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“my children might see the children I voted to put in shackles, how shall they grow up”
February 19, 2026 at 4:44 AM
“my children might see the children I voted to put in shackles, how shall they grow up”
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As the parent of a trans kid, this makes me incredibly sad. My kid has *always* been the person they are now. There was not some other version that ceased to exist. I didn't lose the child I gave birth to, I gained deeper knowledge when that child decided to trust me with their reality.
February 19, 2026 at 10:02 AM
As the parent of a trans kid, this makes me incredibly sad. My kid has *always* been the person they are now. There was not some other version that ceased to exist. I didn't lose the child I gave birth to, I gained deeper knowledge when that child decided to trust me with their reality.
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Behind the column of clergy, IL Sen. Dick Durbin and IL Rep. Chuy García have joined the procession.
The main body of the procession is being led by a banner that reads "God's love knows no borders / El amor de Dios no conoce fronteras."
It's very quiet. There's prayers, no protest chants.
The main body of the procession is being led by a banner that reads "God's love knows no borders / El amor de Dios no conoce fronteras."
It's very quiet. There's prayers, no protest chants.
February 19, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Behind the column of clergy, IL Sen. Dick Durbin and IL Rep. Chuy García have joined the procession.
The main body of the procession is being led by a banner that reads "God's love knows no borders / El amor de Dios no conoce fronteras."
It's very quiet. There's prayers, no protest chants.
The main body of the procession is being led by a banner that reads "God's love knows no borders / El amor de Dios no conoce fronteras."
It's very quiet. There's prayers, no protest chants.
We are defiant about our *ssbackwardness.
Ohio already makes solar and wind projects go through extra hurdles that don’t apply to fossil-fueled or nuclear power plants. Now a new bill threatens to raise even more barriers that might block wind and solar development altogether ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/18/a...
A new Ohio bill could be a de facto statewide ban on solar and wind • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio already makes solar and wind projects go through extra hurdles that don’t apply to fossil-fueled or nuclear power plants. Now a new bill threatens to raise even more barriers that might block…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 19, 2026 at 1:33 AM
We are defiant about our *ssbackwardness.
Good old pudding spine.
"NORWALK — U.S. Sen. Jon Husted declined to answer a question Tuesday about campaign donations from billionaire Leslie Wexner and his vote on the release of Epstein-related files while at a campaign stop in Norwalk." norwalkreflector.com/news/769198/...
Husted sidesteps Epstein question
But senator's staff said he'd donate alleged co-conspirator's campaign contribution to charity
norwalkreflector.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Good old pudding spine.
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I am 39 years old and basically never have to show ID to buy alcohol.
And if I did, I sure as hell wouldn’t need to show my passport.
The SAVE Act isn’t just asking for ID, it’s demanding proof of citizenship that is costly to obtain. It is a poll tax by another name, and should be treated as such
And if I did, I sure as hell wouldn’t need to show my passport.
The SAVE Act isn’t just asking for ID, it’s demanding proof of citizenship that is costly to obtain. It is a poll tax by another name, and should be treated as such
Leavitt: "You need an ID to go and purchase alcohol. You need an ID to go to the library and check out a book. So the president thinks you should have an ID to vote in our nation's elections."
February 18, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I am 39 years old and basically never have to show ID to buy alcohol.
And if I did, I sure as hell wouldn’t need to show my passport.
The SAVE Act isn’t just asking for ID, it’s demanding proof of citizenship that is costly to obtain. It is a poll tax by another name, and should be treated as such
And if I did, I sure as hell wouldn’t need to show my passport.
The SAVE Act isn’t just asking for ID, it’s demanding proof of citizenship that is costly to obtain. It is a poll tax by another name, and should be treated as such
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I just want to point out that’s Doug Wilson speaking at the Pentagon. Doug Wilson wants: the 19th amendment repealed, non-Christian religions outlawed, the death penalty for homosexuality, women barred from working or holding office, blasphemy laws, and one party theocratic rule.
February 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I just want to point out that’s Doug Wilson speaking at the Pentagon. Doug Wilson wants: the 19th amendment repealed, non-Christian religions outlawed, the death penalty for homosexuality, women barred from working or holding office, blasphemy laws, and one party theocratic rule.
This is an excellent explanation. You can’t just let right wing Americans behave as though they own the Bible. That way lies disaster, and not just for the United States.
At one time I might have agreed with this sentiment (get religion out of politics!) but I now think it’s wrong in a strategic way. I’ll explain —
February 18, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This is an excellent explanation. You can’t just let right wing Americans behave as though they own the Bible. That way lies disaster, and not just for the United States.
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Bayard Rustin was one of the most influential civil rights activists of his time. But he was also gay and a Quaker.
Did that keep him out of the history books? We explore that question and more on this week's More To The Story.
🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/3v3f93xm
Did that keep him out of the history books? We explore that question and more on this week's More To The Story.
🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/3v3f93xm
February 18, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Bayard Rustin was one of the most influential civil rights activists of his time. But he was also gay and a Quaker.
Did that keep him out of the history books? We explore that question and more on this week's More To The Story.
🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/3v3f93xm
Did that keep him out of the history books? We explore that question and more on this week's More To The Story.
🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/3v3f93xm
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Mikaela Shiffrin wins the slalom gold medal by 1.50 seconds
If you add up the winning margins of the winners at the 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 women's slalom, you get 1.51 seconds
If you add up the winning margins of the winners at the 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 women's slalom, you get 1.51 seconds
February 18, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Mikaela Shiffrin wins the slalom gold medal by 1.50 seconds
If you add up the winning margins of the winners at the 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 women's slalom, you get 1.51 seconds
If you add up the winning margins of the winners at the 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 women's slalom, you get 1.51 seconds
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ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 1:14 PM
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
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I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
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They do not want AOC to win and see this as an opportunity to knife her
Deplorable state of U.S. media on display here, deliberately misleading the public. You can literally type into Google the same question @aoc.bsky.social was asked and the AI will give you her same answer because "strategic ambiguity" has been official U.S. policy her whole life.
February 18, 2026 at 6:22 AM
They do not want AOC to win and see this as an opportunity to knife her
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Literally millions of people voted for the imaginary Trump in their heads and are extremely upset that they got Actually Existing Trump, because they're dumb motherfuckers rather than truly depraved monsters.
February 18, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Literally millions of people voted for the imaginary Trump in their heads and are extremely upset that they got Actually Existing Trump, because they're dumb motherfuckers rather than truly depraved monsters.
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i'm watching spike lee's remarkable documentary FOUR LITTLE GIRLS and as much as i want to focus on the film i can't help but think about the people, with real power and influence, who want to take this country back to before birmingham
February 18, 2026 at 2:12 AM
i'm watching spike lee's remarkable documentary FOUR LITTLE GIRLS and as much as i want to focus on the film i can't help but think about the people, with real power and influence, who want to take this country back to before birmingham
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Warnock: "Jesus is a victim of identity theft in American politics and culture"
February 17, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Warnock: "Jesus is a victim of identity theft in American politics and culture"
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UPDATE: Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social has confirmed that Juan Nicolás and his mother were deported despite the 2-month-old’s recent hospitalization for bronchitis.
“They were abandoned across the border in Mexico.”
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/2...
“They were abandoned across the border in Mexico.”
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/2...
2-Month-Old Baby Juan Nicolás & His Mother Were ‘Abandoned Across the Border’ Hours After He Was Hospitalized With Bronchitis, Castro Says
“His life is in danger,” Congressman Castro said Tuesday about the baby.
thebarbedwire.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:27 AM
UPDATE: Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social has confirmed that Juan Nicolás and his mother were deported despite the 2-month-old’s recent hospitalization for bronchitis.
“They were abandoned across the border in Mexico.”
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/2...
“They were abandoned across the border in Mexico.”
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/2...
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Florida: we deported all your hard working employees, but have no fear, we're bringing back child labor to fix it.
Seems like Democrats have all sorts of messaging opportunities here
Seems like Democrats have all sorts of messaging opportunities here
Florida AG James Uthmeier: "We need to focus on getting people into the workforce even earlier. We passed legislation last year to help high school students get their hands dirty and get on job sites more quickly."
February 17, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Florida: we deported all your hard working employees, but have no fear, we're bringing back child labor to fix it.
Seems like Democrats have all sorts of messaging opportunities here
Seems like Democrats have all sorts of messaging opportunities here
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This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
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This the skeleton key that explains the entire left-of-center political and informational environment. There is no social reward for ever saying anything nice about a mainline Democrat, so no one does. As a result, baseless antipathy towards the party completely pervades the environment.
February 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
This the skeleton key that explains the entire left-of-center political and informational environment. There is no social reward for ever saying anything nice about a mainline Democrat, so no one does. As a result, baseless antipathy towards the party completely pervades the environment.
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That last sentence? That's the strategy. They've been pretty open about it.
“They’re trapped in this little confinement cell, a dark cell with no sunlight, with multiple people,” said Shaan Chatterjee, an attorney at New England Immigration Law. “They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation.”
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.sunjournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
That last sentence? That's the strategy. They've been pretty open about it.
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Trump used our money to pay Russian criminals 4x what they paid for a fucking warehouse. And if that naked corruption wasn’t bad enough, it’s for a fucking concentration camp.
The Trump administration has paid $128.5 mn for a warehouse in Social Circle, GA, which it now proposes to convert into a concentration camp. Only 2 yers ago, the facility was acquired for $29 mn by a Moscow-based real estate company, PNK.
Feds paid over $128.5 million for new ICE facility, deed shows
Financial details surrounding the sale of a warehouse in Social Circle to the United States government have been made available. According to a deed obtained by reporters, the U.S. government paid …
news.monroelocal.org
February 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Trump used our money to pay Russian criminals 4x what they paid for a fucking warehouse. And if that naked corruption wasn’t bad enough, it’s for a fucking concentration camp.