Jonathan
@jonathangbanes.bsky.social
Just a puckish Georgia native and professional fork and spoon operator.
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GDOT wants your 2 cents about potential Atlanta-to-Savannah train
GDOT wants your 2 cents about potential Atlanta-to-Savannah train
New survey seeks info on Atlantans’ travel patterns to Hostess City, other parts of Georgia
atlanta.urbanize.city
August 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
GDOT wants your 2 cents about potential Atlanta-to-Savannah train
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And just like that, the ‘No New Wars’ people are all-in on a new war. Proving yet again that they really believe in nothing other than what one man tells them to believe today. Which could be different tomorrow. The very definition of a cult.
June 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
And just like that, the ‘No New Wars’ people are all-in on a new war. Proving yet again that they really believe in nothing other than what one man tells them to believe today. Which could be different tomorrow. The very definition of a cult.
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This aged very well. Dubya Dubya II
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Dubya Dubya II: Democrats see echoes of Bush Iraq War push in Trump’s Iran rhetoric
“If this president wants to completely ignore the intelligence community, we are playing in dangerous ground,” one senator warned
www.independent.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This aged very well. Dubya Dubya II
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Iran state media says sites US hit were evacuated, and they moved nuclear material and enrichment equipment elsewhere.
They’re not trustworthy, so don’t just take their word. But Iran likely did anticipate the possibility of attacks on these sites, and has long kept its nuclear program dispersed.
They’re not trustworthy, so don’t just take their word. But Iran likely did anticipate the possibility of attacks on these sites, and has long kept its nuclear program dispersed.
June 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Iran state media says sites US hit were evacuated, and they moved nuclear material and enrichment equipment elsewhere.
They’re not trustworthy, so don’t just take their word. But Iran likely did anticipate the possibility of attacks on these sites, and has long kept its nuclear program dispersed.
They’re not trustworthy, so don’t just take their word. But Iran likely did anticipate the possibility of attacks on these sites, and has long kept its nuclear program dispersed.
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“Bombing for peace is like fucking for chastity.”
June 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“Bombing for peace is like fucking for chastity.”
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This is a United States Senator mocking the assassination of a Minnesota legislator and her husband. He pretends to be a good Mormon. He’s a sick fuck.
June 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is a United States Senator mocking the assassination of a Minnesota legislator and her husband. He pretends to be a good Mormon. He’s a sick fuck.
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i have been joking that their plan is for your kids to grow up to work in a textile mill but they are serious
MacCALLUM: Will American workers make shirts and garments for the same--? Obviously the labor costs are so much cheaper overseas in those places
CHAVEZ-DeREMER: We're gonna onshore, repatriate some of these companies to invest in America directly so that we can build that workforce
CHAVEZ-DeREMER: We're gonna onshore, repatriate some of these companies to invest in America directly so that we can build that workforce
April 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
i have been joking that their plan is for your kids to grow up to work in a textile mill but they are serious
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Among the federal workers whose careers and lives have been upended in recent weeks are those who represent the next generation of civil servants and are now wrestling with whether they can even consider a future in public service.
Trump’s Cuts to Federal Work Force Push Out Young Employees
The loss of early career workers has raised concerns about the impact on the next generation of civil servants.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Among the federal workers whose careers and lives have been upended in recent weeks are those who represent the next generation of civil servants and are now wrestling with whether they can even consider a future in public service.
Spineless.
The 10 Democrats who voted with Republicans just now to censor Al Green:
Ami Bera (CA)
Ed Case (HI)
Jim Costa (CA)
Laura Gillen (NY)
Jim Himes (CT)
Chrissy Houlahan (PA)
Marcy Kaptur (OH)
Jared Moskowitz (FL)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA)
Tom Suozzi (NY)
Ami Bera (CA)
Ed Case (HI)
Jim Costa (CA)
Laura Gillen (NY)
Jim Himes (CT)
Chrissy Houlahan (PA)
Marcy Kaptur (OH)
Jared Moskowitz (FL)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA)
Tom Suozzi (NY)
March 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Spineless.
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NEW This may be one of the most important cases.
Doe 1-26 vs. Elon Musk and DOGE
Complaint: "Attempted government takeover" in violation of the Appointments Clause.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Doe 1-26 vs. Elon Musk and DOGE
Complaint: "Attempted government takeover" in violation of the Appointments Clause.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
February 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NEW This may be one of the most important cases.
Doe 1-26 vs. Elon Musk and DOGE
Complaint: "Attempted government takeover" in violation of the Appointments Clause.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Doe 1-26 vs. Elon Musk and DOGE
Complaint: "Attempted government takeover" in violation of the Appointments Clause.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
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He is evil.
As soon as you accept that, every last bit of it makes sense.
As soon as you accept that, every last bit of it makes sense.
February 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
He is evil.
As soon as you accept that, every last bit of it makes sense.
As soon as you accept that, every last bit of it makes sense.
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No criminal record, married to a U.S. citizen, and was already going through the long and difficult process of getting a green card.
Currently locked in ICE detention.
Currently locked in ICE detention.
New: An undocumented Texan is facing deportation after he and his wife got pulled over last week in Lubbock for an alleged traffic violation while they were out buying baby formula. The officer called ICE.
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/29/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/29/t...
An immigrant faces deportation after a routine traffic stop in Texas, sparking more fear
Advocates worry that rapidly shifting federal and state immigration initiatives will prompt more city police to funnel migrants without criminal records to federal agents.
www.texastribune.org
January 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
No criminal record, married to a U.S. citizen, and was already going through the long and difficult process of getting a green card.
Currently locked in ICE detention.
Currently locked in ICE detention.
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Adding to @adamserwer.bsky.social's point here, another one of Trump's executive orders also does this: It effectively declares that by pronouncing us to be under "invasion," Trump is now unbound by Congress or statute in determining what to do with the "invaders":
newrepublic.com/article/1904...
newrepublic.com/article/1904...
January 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Adding to @adamserwer.bsky.social's point here, another one of Trump's executive orders also does this: It effectively declares that by pronouncing us to be under "invasion," Trump is now unbound by Congress or statute in determining what to do with the "invaders":
newrepublic.com/article/1904...
newrepublic.com/article/1904...
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It didn't start with gas chambers. It started with one party controlling the media & the message, defining truth, censoring speech & silencing opposition, dividing citizens into 'us' & 'them' & calling on their supporters to harass them.
It started when good people turned a blind eye & let it happen
It started when good people turned a blind eye & let it happen
January 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It didn't start with gas chambers. It started with one party controlling the media & the message, defining truth, censoring speech & silencing opposition, dividing citizens into 'us' & 'them' & calling on their supporters to harass them.
It started when good people turned a blind eye & let it happen
It started when good people turned a blind eye & let it happen
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When your mantra is "America First" and your politics are centered on dominance and you see Vladimir Putin as a model of national leadership? Acceptance of territorial expansion through military force is hardly surprising.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Column | Trump takes ‘America First’ to its expansionist endpoint
From Canada to Panama, Greenland to the Gulf of Mexico, Trump seems to be outlining a new MAGA Manifest Destiny.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
When your mantra is "America First" and your politics are centered on dominance and you see Vladimir Putin as a model of national leadership? Acceptance of territorial expansion through military force is hardly surprising.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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I don't even have anything insightful to say today.
I still can't believe he won after his actions 4 years ago today.
I still can't believe he won after his actions 4 years ago today.
January 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I don't even have anything insightful to say today.
I still can't believe he won after his actions 4 years ago today.
I still can't believe he won after his actions 4 years ago today.
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BREAKING: Nancy Mace is in intensive care after a cashier at Target wished her a “Happy Holidays” instead of a “Merry Christmas.” Thoughts and prayers for a possible, eventual recovery.
December 22, 2024 at 4:07 PM
BREAKING: Nancy Mace is in intensive care after a cashier at Target wished her a “Happy Holidays” instead of a “Merry Christmas.” Thoughts and prayers for a possible, eventual recovery.
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America voted for him by a hair; he works for America; but apparently he owes America zero transparency when it comes to the incredibly simple and easily answered question of whether and when he has had contact with one of the other two men who bear the title of Most Dangerous Man on Earth.
Got it.
Got it.
December 16, 2024 at 7:03 PM
America voted for him by a hair; he works for America; but apparently he owes America zero transparency when it comes to the incredibly simple and easily answered question of whether and when he has had contact with one of the other two men who bear the title of Most Dangerous Man on Earth.
Got it.
Got it.
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The actions of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson's alleged shooter has intensified one of America’s thorniest national debates: how to fix a healthcare system many see as broken. on.ft.com/41xiH4D
December 16, 2024 at 3:09 PM
The actions of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson's alleged shooter has intensified one of America’s thorniest national debates: how to fix a healthcare system many see as broken. on.ft.com/41xiH4D
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America will, in 2025, have the most corrupt diplomatic corps at the ambassadorial level that it’s ever had
Criminals, self-dealers, bribe recipients, family members of the POTUS, unscrupulous businessmen
Yes, ambassadorships are often prizes for the well-connected—and this is still a step beyond
Criminals, self-dealers, bribe recipients, family members of the POTUS, unscrupulous businessmen
Yes, ambassadorships are often prizes for the well-connected—and this is still a step beyond
December 11, 2024 at 3:35 AM
America will, in 2025, have the most corrupt diplomatic corps at the ambassadorial level that it’s ever had
Criminals, self-dealers, bribe recipients, family members of the POTUS, unscrupulous businessmen
Yes, ambassadorships are often prizes for the well-connected—and this is still a step beyond
Criminals, self-dealers, bribe recipients, family members of the POTUS, unscrupulous businessmen
Yes, ambassadorships are often prizes for the well-connected—and this is still a step beyond
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As Trump’s inauguration nears, some LGBTQ+ people are anxiously preparing for what they reasonably fear will be a cruel and needless rollback of their basic human rights. My heart breaks for the awful choices to which the new regime will put them.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
LGBTQ+ Americans stockpile meds and make plans to move after Trump’s win
Some LGBTQ+ people are anxiously preparing for what they fear will be a rollback of their rights.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:57 PM
As Trump’s inauguration nears, some LGBTQ+ people are anxiously preparing for what they reasonably fear will be a cruel and needless rollback of their basic human rights. My heart breaks for the awful choices to which the new regime will put them.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
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Willem Dafoe speaking truth in this interview with @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social www.vulture.com/article/will...
December 5, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Willem Dafoe speaking truth in this interview with @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social www.vulture.com/article/will...
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Remember when Republicans had fainting spells over JUST Jen Psaki taking a job at MSNBC, decrying the apparent "revolving door" between the Dems and the network? Apparently *that's* disqualifying, but when it happens 10x as much on the right? Totally fine.
Monica Crowley would be the 10th former Fox personality to serve in the second Trump administration.
December 4, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Remember when Republicans had fainting spells over JUST Jen Psaki taking a job at MSNBC, decrying the apparent "revolving door" between the Dems and the network? Apparently *that's* disqualifying, but when it happens 10x as much on the right? Totally fine.