Jonathan Funke
@jrfunke.bsky.social
#NeverTrump from the jump. One receipt of many: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-no-standing-to-deba_b_7904688
Well we're *definitely* not getting that new Hudson River tunnel now.
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Well we're *definitely* not getting that new Hudson River tunnel now.
Reposted by Jonathan Funke
No one is safe, don’t think you are.
This is the country we’ve become under the Trump administration.
October 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
No one is safe, don’t think you are.
Don't let the headline fool you, or your aversion to David Brooks dissuade you. This piece explains a LOT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
Opinion | Hey, Lefties! Trump Has Stolen Your Game.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Don't let the headline fool you, or your aversion to David Brooks dissuade you. This piece explains a LOT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
My AI summary of the long arc of the Rubio family:
1 - flee dictatorship in Cuba
2 - oppose dictatorship as a U.S. Senator
3 - cave to a dictatorship in El Salvador so Bukele can cover up his own dictatoring and Trump can be more dictatory
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
1 - flee dictatorship in Cuba
2 - oppose dictatorship as a U.S. Senator
3 - cave to a dictatorship in El Salvador so Bukele can cover up his own dictatoring and Trump can be more dictatory
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
My AI summary of the long arc of the Rubio family:
1 - flee dictatorship in Cuba
2 - oppose dictatorship as a U.S. Senator
3 - cave to a dictatorship in El Salvador so Bukele can cover up his own dictatoring and Trump can be more dictatory
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
1 - flee dictatorship in Cuba
2 - oppose dictatorship as a U.S. Senator
3 - cave to a dictatorship in El Salvador so Bukele can cover up his own dictatoring and Trump can be more dictatory
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Boy arrested by ICE and sent 500 miles from his mother "is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the U.S."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe
The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Boy arrested by ICE and sent 500 miles from his mother "is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the U.S."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
God bless Michael Eisner. His defiance of bullies after so many caved -- in academe, in law firms, in corporate life -- may go down in history as the tweet that saved America.
nypost.com/2025/09/23/b...
nypost.com/2025/09/23/b...
'Thin-skinned' Disney CEO relented on Jimmy Kimmel after criticism from ex-boss whom he 'loathes': insiders
Bob Iger, who is said to have “thin skin,” relented and gave the green light to resume new episodes of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
nypost.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
God bless Michael Eisner. His defiance of bullies after so many caved -- in academe, in law firms, in corporate life -- may go down in history as the tweet that saved America.
nypost.com/2025/09/23/b...
nypost.com/2025/09/23/b...
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Michael Eisner > Bob Iger
September 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Michael Eisner > Bob Iger
"This one sounds even more lucrative"
Trump brags about extracting $16 million from ABC settlement, says he wants to “test” the network out again. More explicit threats that if a private company doesn’t do his bidding, Trump will punish with lawsuits or government action.
September 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
"This one sounds even more lucrative"
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So many coverups.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Homan tapes.
Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Homan tapes.
Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.
September 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
So many coverups.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Homan tapes.
Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Homan tapes.
Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.
Reposted by Jonathan Funke
The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
There's been a spike in reports of oil leaking from Boeing and especially Airbus engines into passenger air systems.
If you smell dirty feet on your flight and they're not yours, ask an attendant when that aircraft's last "fume event" was. (Yep: a thing.)
www.wsj.com/business/air...
If you smell dirty feet on your flight and they're not yours, ask an attendant when that aircraft's last "fume event" was. (Yep: a thing.)
www.wsj.com/business/air...
Toxic Fumes Are Leaking Into Airplanes, Sickening Crews and Passengers
Doctors compare brain effects to concussions in NFL players. A Wall Street Journal investigation shows such incidents are increasingly common.
www.wsj.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There's been a spike in reports of oil leaking from Boeing and especially Airbus engines into passenger air systems.
If you smell dirty feet on your flight and they're not yours, ask an attendant when that aircraft's last "fume event" was. (Yep: a thing.)
www.wsj.com/business/air...
If you smell dirty feet on your flight and they're not yours, ask an attendant when that aircraft's last "fume event" was. (Yep: a thing.)
www.wsj.com/business/air...
What America needs now is a resurgence of local media in the mold of... this.
www.capecodtimes.com/picture-gall...
www.capecodtimes.com/picture-gall...
See specially-trained dachshund puppy help researchers find box turtles in Harwich
Eight-pound Hamilton practiced his turtle-finding skills this week on Cape Cod. The dachshund puppy is in training to help scientists.
www.capecodtimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
What America needs now is a resurgence of local media in the mold of... this.
www.capecodtimes.com/picture-gall...
www.capecodtimes.com/picture-gall...
"The court’s brief order was unsigned and gave no reasons. It is not the last word in the case, which may again reach the justices."
Chief Pol Roberts thinks he can give DJT a temp win, then pull out the rug on the merits. Good luck riding that tiger, buddy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...
Chief Pol Roberts thinks he can give DJT a temp win, then pull out the rug on the merits. Good luck riding that tiger, buddy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"The court’s brief order was unsigned and gave no reasons. It is not the last word in the case, which may again reach the justices."
Chief Pol Roberts thinks he can give DJT a temp win, then pull out the rug on the merits. Good luck riding that tiger, buddy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...
Chief Pol Roberts thinks he can give DJT a temp win, then pull out the rug on the merits. Good luck riding that tiger, buddy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...
Single most encouraging thing I've seen in months: "bell-to-bell" bans on cell phones in schools are working. @cbsnewyork.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
New York schools' 1st week with a cellphone ban is in the books. Here's how students, staff and parents are feeling.
Schools across New York state were required to come up with their own procedures to implement the full-day ban on cellphones.
www.cbsnews.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Single most encouraging thing I've seen in months: "bell-to-bell" bans on cell phones in schools are working. @cbsnewyork.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
It's no fun to go to war with Philly (and Chicago and LA but for some reason not St. Louis or Memphis) if you don't have a War Department.
The same department Trump wants to rename the Department of War? That department?
September 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It's no fun to go to war with Philly (and Chicago and LA but for some reason not St. Louis or Memphis) if you don't have a War Department.
“The Japanese hope is that three and a half years from now, Trump will leave the scene and everything will be forgotten.”
We're only 1/8th of our way through this cluster?
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
We're only 1/8th of our way through this cluster?
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Frustration mounts as Japan questions details of Trump’s trade ‘deal’
The prime minister defended the vague deal by saying dealings with Trump were “not normal,” while another senior Japanese politician described increasing arrogance.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“The Japanese hope is that three and a half years from now, Trump will leave the scene and everything will be forgotten.”
We're only 1/8th of our way through this cluster?
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
We're only 1/8th of our way through this cluster?
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
And thus "post-literate" becomes the name for our age.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...
Opinion | Thinking Is Becoming a Luxury Good
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
And thus "post-literate" becomes the name for our age.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...
There aren't enough alarms for this fire.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump officials accused of defying 1 in 3 judges who ruled against him
A comprehensive analysis of lawsuits against Trump policies shows dozens of examples of defiance, delay and dishonesty, a serious test for the court system.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
There aren't enough alarms for this fire.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"We shouldn't be stockpiling Bitcoin. We should be stockpiling ammo, guns and missiles."
Jamie Dimon, public Webcast, just now
Jamie Dimon, public Webcast, just now
July 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"We shouldn't be stockpiling Bitcoin. We should be stockpiling ammo, guns and missiles."
Jamie Dimon, public Webcast, just now
Jamie Dimon, public Webcast, just now
I'm not sure which aspect of this situation concerns me most: the underlying safety questions, the inanity of the tariff situation, or the fact that an airline that flies across borders 24/7 *for a living* can't find a way to skirt tariffs.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Delta Strips Engines Off New Airbus Jets to Overcome US Shortage
Delta Air Lines Inc. has been cannibalizing new Airbus SE jets in Europe by stripping off their engines and using them to get grounded planes in the US back into service, as it seeks to overcome a sho...
www.bloomberg.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I'm not sure which aspect of this situation concerns me most: the underlying safety questions, the inanity of the tariff situation, or the fact that an airline that flies across borders 24/7 *for a living* can't find a way to skirt tariffs.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Punch line: it's a postcard.
July 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Punch line: it's a postcard.
Can somebody at DOGE run a quick cost/benefit analysis of A) a few meteorologists vs. B) dozens of lives and the physical property of an entire region? Asking for a betrayed nation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Can somebody at DOGE run a quick cost/benefit analysis of A) a few meteorologists vs. B) dozens of lives and the physical property of an entire region? Asking for a betrayed nation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
Abrego Garcia was denied a bathroom , forced to kneel overnight, and beaten if he fell over from exhaustion. He lost 31 pounds in a matter of weeks.
This is being done in our name, without due process, in defiance of court orders, on the world stage.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
This is being done in our name, without due process, in defiance of court orders, on the world stage.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Abrego Garcia Was Beaten and Tortured in El Salvador Prison, Lawyers Say
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Abrego Garcia was denied a bathroom , forced to kneel overnight, and beaten if he fell over from exhaustion. He lost 31 pounds in a matter of weeks.
This is being done in our name, without due process, in defiance of court orders, on the world stage.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
This is being done in our name, without due process, in defiance of court orders, on the world stage.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...