Jon J Kruse
@jonjkruse.bsky.social
This is a snakeskin jacket. It's a symbol of my individuality and my belief in personal freedom.
We know. And that's the fucking problem.
January 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
We know. And that's the fucking problem.
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It's a small thing, but it fills me with civic pride to walk through the giant park near my house and see Hmong families having cookouts, Somali parents pushing their laughing kids on the swings.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
Yes. My theory of the moment is Miller/Vance thought their view that immigrants threaten social solidarity would be widely shared. But ICE raids are driving native-born Americans to show solidarity with immigrants quite courageously. Now Miller is trying to disrupt that alliance with state violence.
Insightful point here: Even if you take Trump seriously - he does not like the optics - they rested on an assumption that communities would welcome ICE as heroes, rather than showing the type of solidarity that Trump inherently cannot understand.
January 19, 2026 at 11:35 PM
It's a small thing, but it fills me with civic pride to walk through the giant park near my house and see Hmong families having cookouts, Somali parents pushing their laughing kids on the swings.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
Watch for me in this space
Leavitt complains that protesters are pointing their middle fingers at ICE vehicles
January 16, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Watch for me in this space
GODDAMNIT
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
GODDAMNIT
They're spinning the 'welfare queen' classics. Ronnie Reagan would be so proud.
Vance: "If you're in Mpls, and you have a person who came to the US impoverished two months ago and all of the sudden they're driving a Mercedes or a Lamborghini, it is your job as a public official to ask how did that person get so rich so quickly when they're also collecting a welfare check."
January 8, 2026 at 3:41 AM
They're spinning the 'welfare queen' classics. Ronnie Reagan would be so proud.
I saw Louie Anderson in the TSA line at the MSP airport. Told him how much I loved Baskets; especially his character.
He was very gracious.
He was very gracious.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I saw Louie Anderson in the TSA line at the MSP airport. Told him how much I loved Baskets; especially his character.
He was very gracious.
He was very gracious.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
Consumer choice? Then I want leaded gas!!
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Consumer choice? Then I want leaded gas!!
I used to get so mad when W described his fucked up policies in terms a 4th grader would use. And then I realized he was just explaining it to us the same way it was described to him.
But I don't know WHAT the fuck this is.
But I don't know WHAT the fuck this is.
Trump: "Under Boot Edge Edge - another grossly incompetent. Get on his bicycle, ride to work. What they do is they take the fiber optics & they take fiber, try to hook it into copper. And fiber and copper don't mix. You can't do it...you saw that by the helicopter crash. You saw that into the plane"
December 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I used to get so mad when W described his fucked up policies in terms a 4th grader would use. And then I realized he was just explaining it to us the same way it was described to him.
But I don't know WHAT the fuck this is.
But I don't know WHAT the fuck this is.
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the universe may be dying. entropy will probably win. but I exist at the same point in space time as cool ranch doritos. I wonder what other snacks I’ll get to eat
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
the universe may be dying. entropy will probably win. but I exist at the same point in space time as cool ranch doritos. I wonder what other snacks I’ll get to eat
I've heard it argued that republicans have no interest in actual policies, but just watch this clip!
Vance: "We had a meeting with Jeffries and Schumer in the Oval Office. The president whispers to one of his personal assistants and she comes back with two Trump 2028 hats. Then he has the photographer come in and he points at Jeffries as he's holding the Trump 2028 hat! It was a hysterical moment."
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I've heard it argued that republicans have no interest in actual policies, but just watch this clip!
I think it's great that we're not even pretending to pretend anymore.
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I think it's great that we're not even pretending to pretend anymore.
She didn't say he was short.
It’s been over 2 weeks since AOC said Stephen Miller was weak and puny. Fox is still talking about it.
October 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
She didn't say he was short.
I mean, I'm pretty sure I do know what's stupid.
Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.
October 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I mean, I'm pretty sure I do know what's stupid.
This sounds AWESOME
Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "
October 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This sounds AWESOME
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“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
Are they near the Dave Matthews Poop Bridge ™️?
ICE boats trawling the Chicago River. This is the DUMBEST thing I've seen in my entire life. No exaggeration. What's next? Humvees loaded with armed, masked agents patrolling Disney's Main Street U.S.A.?
#Chicago
#Chicago
September 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Are they near the Dave Matthews Poop Bridge ™️?
My name’s Francis. Everyone calls me Psycho. Any of you call me Francis, and I’ll kill ya.
WAPO SCOOP: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals to travel on short notice from around the world to hear him make a speech on military standards and the “warrior ethos,” multiple people familiar with the event told The Washington Post.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of generals for what is expected to be a short lecture on the “warrior ethos.” But top brass is bracing for possible firings or demotions.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My name’s Francis. Everyone calls me Psycho. Any of you call me Francis, and I’ll kill ya.
Left hand, HATE. K.O.'d by LOVE.
September 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Left hand, HATE. K.O.'d by LOVE.
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me, to the judge: “Well if THAT’s what they meant, they should have used punctuation.”
September 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
me, to the judge: “Well if THAT’s what they meant, they should have used punctuation.”
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/Dave Portnoy storms the main FOX sports desk, dons giant Harvey Weinstein head
August 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
/Dave Portnoy storms the main FOX sports desk, dons giant Harvey Weinstein head
Praying ABOUT the president today.
August 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Praying ABOUT the president today.
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More or less universally a country seeking to limit foreigners studying in that country is a sign of a society, culture, great power in severe decline.
August 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
More or less universally a country seeking to limit foreigners studying in that country is a sign of a society, culture, great power in severe decline.
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WOMEN IN STEM
August 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
WOMEN IN STEM