Jon Walker
@jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social
Former Journalist. Now government regulator. Author: After Legalization: Understanding the Future of Marijuana Policy.
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A reminder that democracies deal with criminality from elected officials by giving them trials and due process before imposing legal penalties commensurate with the crime.
A legislature can pass laws to specifically fund independent prosecutors to investigate and charge corrupt politicians.
A legislature can pass laws to specifically fund independent prosecutors to investigate and charge corrupt politicians.
An independent counsel has demanded a 10-year prison term for South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Korean prosecutors seek 10-year sentence for ousted President Yoon in first martial law trial
An independent counsel has demanded a 10-year prison term for South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol.
bit.ly
December 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A reminder that democracies deal with criminality from elected officials by giving them trials and due process before imposing legal penalties commensurate with the crime.
A legislature can pass laws to specifically fund independent prosecutors to investigate and charge corrupt politicians.
A legislature can pass laws to specifically fund independent prosecutors to investigate and charge corrupt politicians.
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the reason you get a bunch of these “people thinking about leaving” pieces but then nobody much leaves isn’t sinister imo.
it’s that it’s very very easy to think about moving, but actually moving is an enormous pain in the ass
it’s that it’s very very easy to think about moving, but actually moving is an enormous pain in the ass
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
the reason you get a bunch of these “people thinking about leaving” pieces but then nobody much leaves isn’t sinister imo.
it’s that it’s very very easy to think about moving, but actually moving is an enormous pain in the ass
it’s that it’s very very easy to think about moving, but actually moving is an enormous pain in the ass
Sounds like Trump just blow up some empty fields in Nigeria.
So the question is has our military become incompetent under Hegseth OR is this some malicious compliance by military officials to let the mad king Trump push the "bomb things button" without hurting anyone.
So the question is has our military become incompetent under Hegseth OR is this some malicious compliance by military officials to let the mad king Trump push the "bomb things button" without hurting anyone.
December 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Sounds like Trump just blow up some empty fields in Nigeria.
So the question is has our military become incompetent under Hegseth OR is this some malicious compliance by military officials to let the mad king Trump push the "bomb things button" without hurting anyone.
So the question is has our military become incompetent under Hegseth OR is this some malicious compliance by military officials to let the mad king Trump push the "bomb things button" without hurting anyone.
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It's incredible how much of this stuff is just out in the open, but because Trump said "Russiagate hoax!" 5000 times, the media was brainwashed into treating it like a nothing story instead of one of a ten alarm scandal
Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It's incredible how much of this stuff is just out in the open, but because Trump said "Russiagate hoax!" 5000 times, the media was brainwashed into treating it like a nothing story instead of one of a ten alarm scandal
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“Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, told the FBI in 2023 that Epstein was murdered in his jail cell because he was about to ‘name names.’ Mark Epstein, 71, who has long believed that his brother was killed, also alleged in the tip that President Trump ‘authorized’ the late sex trafficker’s murder.”
Latest Epstein files name Trump multiple times
In the more than 10,000 files released Tuesday, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, said the sex trafficker was killed because he was going to name co-conspirators.
www.miamiherald.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, told the FBI in 2023 that Epstein was murdered in his jail cell because he was about to ‘name names.’ Mark Epstein, 71, who has long believed that his brother was killed, also alleged in the tip that President Trump ‘authorized’ the late sex trafficker’s murder.”
I literally cant understand why it takes Multnomah county until nearly 2026 to release this data about 2024. It should be ready by like Feb 1st. Impossible to make informed policy making with such out of date information. www.opb.org/article/2025...
At least 372 people died while experiencing homelessness in Multnomah County last year
It’s the first annual decrease in recorded deaths since the county began tracking in 2011.
www.opb.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I literally cant understand why it takes Multnomah county until nearly 2026 to release this data about 2024. It should be ready by like Feb 1st. Impossible to make informed policy making with such out of date information. www.opb.org/article/2025...
A president with a job approval rating of only 36% joking about how they could leave the presidency is a choice.
Trump: "Tell me what you think of my 'Master of Ceremony' abilities. If really good, would you like me to leave the Presidency in order to make “hosting” a full time job?"
December 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A president with a job approval rating of only 36% joking about how they could leave the presidency is a choice.
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Here is another one
Trump is now calling the New York Times a national security threat and says they “must be dealt with and stopped.”
December 23, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Here is another one
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The White House is now citing "national security" for everything it does. Seriously, check out these headlines. It's just the last few weeks.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The White House is now citing "national security" for everything it does. Seriously, check out these headlines. It's just the last few weeks.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
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See, here is the thing about saying everything is a national security matter...
December 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
See, here is the thing about saying everything is a national security matter...
This is nice but probably ends up acting less like a compromise and more like trying to build only half a bridge.
County management of just mental health is just an inherent policy mistake for stupid historical reasons. Other states wisely run it directly at the state level.
County management of just mental health is just an inherent policy mistake for stupid historical reasons. Other states wisely run it directly at the state level.
Oregon’s state government and its main association of counties have settled on a plan that would empower the Oregon Health Authority to more closely monitor and shape mental health and addiction services at the local level.
Oregon Counties and State Strike Major Deal on Mental Health Care
Andrew Schwartz
www.wweek.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This is nice but probably ends up acting less like a compromise and more like trying to build only half a bridge.
County management of just mental health is just an inherent policy mistake for stupid historical reasons. Other states wisely run it directly at the state level.
County management of just mental health is just an inherent policy mistake for stupid historical reasons. Other states wisely run it directly at the state level.
Based on Trump's increasingly unhinged behavior and the weakening economy in 11 months things will likely be even worse for Republicans than these catastrophic numbers.
![Gallup poll | 12/1-12/15
President Trump approval crosstabs (%)
🟥Overall (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥Democratic (93/3 disapprove) [-90]
🟩Republican (89/8 approve) [+81]
🟥Independent (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥18-34 (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥35-54 (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥55+ (53/43 disapprove) [-10]
🟥No college (55/37 disapprove) [-18]
🟥College graduate (59/37 disapprove) [-22]
🟥Male (53/42 disapprove) [-11]
🟥Female (64/30 disapprove) [-34]
🟥White (52/46 disapprove) [-6]
🟥Non-white (71/21 disapprove) [-50]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreifnv6vxufu6icjvsd5toirz3lmqkzertdpdnlqh7q44momevhfjqq@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Based on Trump's increasingly unhinged behavior and the weakening economy in 11 months things will likely be even worse for Republicans than these catastrophic numbers.
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there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions
December 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions
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That $270 million he spent on the 2024 campaign is really paying off.
December 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
That $270 million he spent on the 2024 campaign is really paying off.
Honestly surprised the rendering didn't include a bunch of buff oiled up sailors doing pull ups.
Trump Class battleship illustration, as released by the White House.
December 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Honestly surprised the rendering didn't include a bunch of buff oiled up sailors doing pull ups.
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Trump Class battleship illustration, as released by the White House.
December 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Trump Class battleship illustration, as released by the White House.
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NEW: Judge Cannon blocks release of Special Counsel's report about Trump’s retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
“There is no legitimate reason for the report’s continued suppression. ... We will appeal this ruling," @scottbwilkens.bsky.social.
knightcolumbia.org/content/judg...
“There is no legitimate reason for the report’s continued suppression. ... We will appeal this ruling," @scottbwilkens.bsky.social.
knightcolumbia.org/content/judg...
Judge Blocks Release of Special Counsel’s Report in Trump Classified Documents Case
knightcolumbia.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
NEW: Judge Cannon blocks release of Special Counsel's report about Trump’s retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
“There is no legitimate reason for the report’s continued suppression. ... We will appeal this ruling," @scottbwilkens.bsky.social.
knightcolumbia.org/content/judg...
“There is no legitimate reason for the report’s continued suppression. ... We will appeal this ruling," @scottbwilkens.bsky.social.
knightcolumbia.org/content/judg...
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The thing where Trump names everything after himself isn’t a funny little quirk but an incredibly reliable indicator that a leader is in fact a dictator. It doesn’t happen in any democratic society, no sane leader does it
December 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The thing where Trump names everything after himself isn’t a funny little quirk but an incredibly reliable indicator that a leader is in fact a dictator. It doesn’t happen in any democratic society, no sane leader does it
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News stories about the concentration camps we run in foreign countries have to be smuggled to a third country in order to be seen.
December 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
News stories about the concentration camps we run in foreign countries have to be smuggled to a third country in order to be seen.
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Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
December 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
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"This is all capitalism's fault" is treated as wisdom but it's probably the laziest analysis you can find on the left
December 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"This is all capitalism's fault" is treated as wisdom but it's probably the laziest analysis you can find on the left