jlmcmd
@jlmcmd.bsky.social
Skeptic, cyclist, dad, and ED doc.
All of this chaos and performative cruelty for some lousy tax cuts?
trump *always* kills the hostage.
All of this chaos and performative cruelty for some lousy tax cuts?
trump *always* kills the hostage.
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jlmcmd
@jlmcmd.bsky.social
· Nov 14
On November 5, 2024 the United States of America overdosed on a mixture of bigotry, willful ignorance, hypocrisy and performative cruelty in an apparent murder/suicide attempt. Looks like we’ll know relatively soon whether it was fatal.
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
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We made progress this week in our effort to ban stock-trading by Members of Congress.
Representatives shouldn’t be trading stocks — and neither should the Director of the FBI!
Representatives shouldn’t be trading stocks — and neither should the Director of the FBI!
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We made progress this week in our effort to ban stock-trading by Members of Congress.
Representatives shouldn’t be trading stocks — and neither should the Director of the FBI!
Representatives shouldn’t be trading stocks — and neither should the Director of the FBI!
Bluesky ethical ruling on resubscribing to @WaPo for $12/yr? There are still many good journalists there and I’d be able to complain about Bezos as a subscriber.
November 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Bluesky ethical ruling on resubscribing to @WaPo for $12/yr? There are still many good journalists there and I’d be able to complain about Bezos as a subscriber.
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And then goes away.🤞
I hope MTG reads the Epstein list on the floor of Congress
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
And then goes away.🤞
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Generations. The de-muskification/de- voughtification of the federal workforce needs to come first.
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Generations. The de-muskification/de- voughtification of the federal workforce needs to come first.
Super easy to remember and say. Get this done and you will be a peacemaker.
Hey, Trump. You don’t need to push Putin’s 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine. Just go with the one point plan to end it: Russia gets the hell out of Ukraine.
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Super easy to remember and say. Get this done and you will be a peacemaker.
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A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
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The broligarchs have more money and power than any class in human history—and they don’t give a fuck about you. The LEAST we can do is tax the shit out of them. The least.
Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed.
time.com/7336204/meta...
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The broligarchs have more money and power than any class in human history—and they don’t give a fuck about you. The LEAST we can do is tax the shit out of them. The least.
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MTG is the drama & it’s fun to watch, but that doesn’t change who she is or the harm she’s caused & continues to cause.
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Marjorie Taylor Greene managed to tolerate being subjected to the sort of abuse, that she has subjected trans people to for years, for approximately one week.
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene managed to tolerate being subjected to the sort of abuse, that she has subjected trans people to for years, for approximately one week.
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The most important thing to remember about all this fantasy-engineering of the Constitution is Madison's warning: If we suck as a people, no clever constitutional schemes will save us.
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The most important thing to remember about all this fantasy-engineering of the Constitution is Madison's warning: If we suck as a people, no clever constitutional schemes will save us.
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I thought Walter Isaacson had a great line about this on TV the other night: That line in the Declaration wasn't a fact, it was a mission statement
In Ken Burns' new documentary, "The American Revolution," the idea that colonists of all stripes took to heart Thomas Jefferson's declaration that, "All men are created equal," was revelatory.
It was a principle which the masses, then and now, deeply embraced. That's why American democracy works.
It was a principle which the masses, then and now, deeply embraced. That's why American democracy works.
November 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I thought Walter Isaacson had a great line about this on TV the other night: That line in the Declaration wasn't a fact, it was a mission statement
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Reminder to Harvard: the time to fire Larry Summers was when he publicly disparaged women's intellectual capabilities.
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Reminder to Harvard: the time to fire Larry Summers was when he publicly disparaged women's intellectual capabilities.
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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Congratulations to Eric Topol, MD (@erictopol.bsky.social), Scripps Research EVP and founder of SRTI, who was listed among @usnews.com’s 2025 “Best Leaders”, recognized for his significant impact in business, education, health care and public service. More: ow.ly/cOTk50XuUvX
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Congratulations to Eric Topol, MD (@erictopol.bsky.social), Scripps Research EVP and founder of SRTI, who was listed among @usnews.com’s 2025 “Best Leaders”, recognized for his significant impact in business, education, health care and public service. More: ow.ly/cOTk50XuUvX
We are doomed.
A horrifying graphic from Pew showing the fruits of the right wing war on public health.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
We are doomed.
I had to repeat the process on all of my devices. Also, it’s in Settings>Data privacy on iOS.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I had to repeat the process on all of my devices. Also, it’s in Settings>Data privacy on iOS.
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I do not know what comes after Trump in the GOP. But I do know that if those who gleefully committed crimes and tried to destroy democracy at his behest are not fully held accountable, whatever comes after will be somehow worse.
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I do not know what comes after Trump in the GOP. But I do know that if those who gleefully committed crimes and tried to destroy democracy at his behest are not fully held accountable, whatever comes after will be somehow worse.
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Especially if people just whine about how everything is fascism instead of acting like mature citizens of a democracy and getting off their asses and voting against it.
By the time Tom is willing to acknowledge the fascism that Trump is baking into the American political system, there will be no one left able to do anything about it.
No, but I promise I’ll let you know
November 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Especially if people just whine about how everything is fascism instead of acting like mature citizens of a democracy and getting off their asses and voting against it.
Too bad the 14th A wasn’t enforced in 2024.
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Too bad the 14th A wasn’t enforced in 2024.
Now do Deutsche Bank records for the trump org.
The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank for Jeffrey Epstein's financial records. tinyurl.com/mtdt5ny8
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Now do Deutsche Bank records for the trump org.
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Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.