Jonathan Hennessey
@jonathanhennessey.bsky.social
New York Times bestselling author, graphic novelist, multimodal producer. Centre for Digital Media, UBC/Emily Carr/BCIT/Simon Fraser U C17er. Love books, films, history, photography, wit, comedy, great outdoors. #YYJ
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everlasting shame on all these people
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
everlasting shame on all these people
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If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.
BREAKING: Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair said the administration is eyeing ways to give millions of Americans $2,000 dividend checks from tariff revenue without congressional approval, per Bloomberg.
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.
@tomreynolds.bsky.social Reminded of your high regard for Back to the Future by recent episode...
I was poking around in the Internet Archive the other day and came across this. ICYMI live-action interstitials of Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown
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I was poking around in the Internet Archive the other day and came across this. ICYMI live-action interstitials of Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown
archive.org/details/back...
archive.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
@tomreynolds.bsky.social Reminded of your high regard for Back to the Future by recent episode...
I was poking around in the Internet Archive the other day and came across this. ICYMI live-action interstitials of Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown
archive.org/details/back...
I was poking around in the Internet Archive the other day and came across this. ICYMI live-action interstitials of Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown
archive.org/details/back...
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Larry Summers was doing dating the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Larry Summers was doing dating the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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New Book Announcement! CROSSBONES USA is now available to order from TKO Studios! Excited to see this book out in the world.
W: Salvatore Simeone
C: @20eyesbrad.bsky.social
L: @droog811.bsky.social
D: @comicbookdesign.bsky.social
E: Colleen Simeone
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W: Salvatore Simeone
C: @20eyesbrad.bsky.social
L: @droog811.bsky.social
D: @comicbookdesign.bsky.social
E: Colleen Simeone
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November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
New Book Announcement! CROSSBONES USA is now available to order from TKO Studios! Excited to see this book out in the world.
W: Salvatore Simeone
C: @20eyesbrad.bsky.social
L: @droog811.bsky.social
D: @comicbookdesign.bsky.social
E: Colleen Simeone
tkopresents.com/products/cro...
W: Salvatore Simeone
C: @20eyesbrad.bsky.social
L: @droog811.bsky.social
D: @comicbookdesign.bsky.social
E: Colleen Simeone
tkopresents.com/products/cro...
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Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
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These Megan Kelly clips are pretty good proof that a lot of people have gotten much much much worse over the last 10 years
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
These Megan Kelly clips are pretty good proof that a lot of people have gotten much much much worse over the last 10 years
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Each new statement is dumber than the last.
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Each new statement is dumber than the last.
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If nothing else, the Trump administration is doing wonders to highlight the importance of jury trials.
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If nothing else, the Trump administration is doing wonders to highlight the importance of jury trials.
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We need a new generation of leaders who are the voices of democracy, freedom, social justice, & the rule of law.
A new generation that renews the “we” in “we the people.”
Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as part of its future.
A new generation that renews the “we” in “we the people.”
Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as part of its future.
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
We need a new generation of leaders who are the voices of democracy, freedom, social justice, & the rule of law.
A new generation that renews the “we” in “we the people.”
Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as part of its future.
A new generation that renews the “we” in “we the people.”
Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as part of its future.
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1st Muslim & S. Asian Mayor of NYC
1st woman Gov. of VA
1st Muslim woman Lt Gov.of VA
1st Black woman Mayor of Albany
Maine rejected plan to tighten voting rules
CA approved Prop 50 allowing redistricting in response to TX redistricting
What a message!
This was a major referendum on the GOP.
1st woman Gov. of VA
1st Muslim woman Lt Gov.of VA
1st Black woman Mayor of Albany
Maine rejected plan to tighten voting rules
CA approved Prop 50 allowing redistricting in response to TX redistricting
What a message!
This was a major referendum on the GOP.
History: The City of Detroit just elected its first female mayor: Mary Sheffield.
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
1st Muslim & S. Asian Mayor of NYC
1st woman Gov. of VA
1st Muslim woman Lt Gov.of VA
1st Black woman Mayor of Albany
Maine rejected plan to tighten voting rules
CA approved Prop 50 allowing redistricting in response to TX redistricting
What a message!
This was a major referendum on the GOP.
1st woman Gov. of VA
1st Muslim woman Lt Gov.of VA
1st Black woman Mayor of Albany
Maine rejected plan to tighten voting rules
CA approved Prop 50 allowing redistricting in response to TX redistricting
What a message!
This was a major referendum on the GOP.
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Elections (still) matter.
We need to keep it that way, with free and fair elections, in 2026.
SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org.
We need to keep it that way, with free and fair elections, in 2026.
SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org.
Safeguarding Democracy Project
The Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Law promotes research, collaboration, and advocacy aimed at ensuring continued free and fair elections in the United States, conducted in accordance with dem...
SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Elections (still) matter.
We need to keep it that way, with free and fair elections, in 2026.
SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org.
We need to keep it that way, with free and fair elections, in 2026.
SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org.
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Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
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In Memoriam:
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In Memoriam:
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
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Just got in from voting "yes on 50." Fuck you, Greg Abbott, and fuck you, Trump. I want fair elections.
November 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Just got in from voting "yes on 50." Fuck you, Greg Abbott, and fuck you, Trump. I want fair elections.
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"“People keep asking, ‘What’s wrong with the Democratic Party? What’s the right message?’” Kuster said. “They act like there are magic words. And it’s like, ‘It’s not a question of just getting the right words. It’s that we are too freaking old.’” nymag.com/intelligence...
It’s My Party and I’ll Leave When I Want To
Talking to the gerontocracy.
nymag.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"“People keep asking, ‘What’s wrong with the Democratic Party? What’s the right message?’” Kuster said. “They act like there are magic words. And it’s like, ‘It’s not a question of just getting the right words. It’s that we are too freaking old.’” nymag.com/intelligence...
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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I hope future generations recognize how quickly and strangely the contours of what counts as a political scandal changed for this president.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I hope future generations recognize how quickly and strangely the contours of what counts as a political scandal changed for this president.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
October 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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NEW: Former Rep. Anthony D’Esposito’s repeated apparent contravention of ethics rules and standards indicate that he lacks the virtues and prudence required of an inspector general. Congress must reject his nomination.
CREW submits statement for the record on D’Esposito’s nomination - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The Senate must reject former Representative Anthony D’Esposito’s nomination for Inspector General at the Department of Labor due to his history of allegedly violating ethics rules.
www.citizensforethics.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: Former Rep. Anthony D’Esposito’s repeated apparent contravention of ethics rules and standards indicate that he lacks the virtues and prudence required of an inspector general. Congress must reject his nomination.
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We couldn't find anyone among the 7 million+ No Kings attendees who says they were paid to protest. But X user @crypto4u1488 says each attendee was paid $750 by George Soros and bused in from other states. The truth may lie somewhere in between.
October 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We couldn't find anyone among the 7 million+ No Kings attendees who says they were paid to protest. But X user @crypto4u1488 says each attendee was paid $750 by George Soros and bused in from other states. The truth may lie somewhere in between.
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Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
October 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
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Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.
In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.
October 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.