Justin Stanley
@justindstanley.com
Policy analyst, friend to all animals. Kentucky resident, spiritual West Virginian (derogatory). Interested in deep politics/parapolitics and many other things besides. Politically red (the good kind).
https://justindstanley.com
https://justindstanley.com
The responses to this entirely reasonable thread from Osita are downright deranged. “I hate Trump” is not the first principle of everything.
More than an attempted coup, where a mob tried to seize Congress on live television did? There's not going to be an implosion about anything. It's either a slow slide towards oblivion where everything gets incrementally worse as people try to live normally, or a slow grind in the opposite direction.
i feel like if the president actually went through with invading greenland, it would implode America
January 15, 2026 at 12:20 AM
The responses to this entirely reasonable thread from Osita are downright deranged. “I hate Trump” is not the first principle of everything.
Reposted by Justin Stanley
🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
Reposted by Justin Stanley
We're losing good councilmembers to this problem. It tends to keep it as a busy box for the already independently wealthy, and that makes for a host of perverse incentives, not the least of which is people running to secure their own existing business interests.
3 of the 6 sitting Lexington Council members not running again cited the role's pay - $41k - as at least reason to not seek reelection.
Here's a piece where I asked several electeds how they think the role's pay affects who gets to serve and how they can serve.
www.kentucky.com/news/local/c...
Here's a piece where I asked several electeds how they think the role's pay affects who gets to serve and how they can serve.
www.kentucky.com/news/local/c...
Lexington council members cite pay while opting out of reelection. Should it increase?
Three council members are not seeking reelection due in part to pay. They earn less than the average salary in Lexington.
www.kentucky.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM
We're losing good councilmembers to this problem. It tends to keep it as a busy box for the already independently wealthy, and that makes for a host of perverse incentives, not the least of which is people running to secure their own existing business interests.
Reposted by Justin Stanley
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
They stole and sold the kid’s phone to a vending machine! This is just banditry.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 1:03 AM
They stole and sold the kid’s phone to a vending machine! This is just banditry.
Reposted by Justin Stanley
December 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Reposted by Justin Stanley
UK hunger striker Heba Muraisi: ‘I think about how or when I could die’ https://aje.news/21etez
January 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
UK hunger striker Heba Muraisi: ‘I think about how or when I could die’ https://aje.news/21etez
Reposted by Justin Stanley
“well maduro is also a bad guy—“ silence marvel movie watcher
January 4, 2026 at 6:59 AM
“well maduro is also a bad guy—“ silence marvel movie watcher
Reposted by Justin Stanley
for everyone who didn't live through John Kerry's presidential campaign, be advised: "This stupid and immoral war would be good if I were managing it" is not the poll-tested flex you think it is
January 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
for everyone who didn't live through John Kerry's presidential campaign, be advised: "This stupid and immoral war would be good if I were managing it" is not the poll-tested flex you think it is
You can’t say he didn’t nail it, really
Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
January 4, 2026 at 8:25 AM
You can’t say he didn’t nail it, really
Reposted by Justin Stanley
if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
Reposted by Justin Stanley
Reposted by Justin Stanley
Electeds should say any oil companies participating will be subject to sanctions and investigations
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Electeds should say any oil companies participating will be subject to sanctions and investigations
Reposted by Justin Stanley
"Congress" as described by civics classes, law professors, Democrats, and libertarians — an independent branch capable of executing designated responsibilities irrespective of the partisan balance of power — does not exist. It is a fiction. Every time these things happen, more Americans see that.
January 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
"Congress" as described by civics classes, law professors, Democrats, and libertarians — an independent branch capable of executing designated responsibilities irrespective of the partisan balance of power — does not exist. It is a fiction. Every time these things happen, more Americans see that.
Reposted by Justin Stanley
Reposted by Justin Stanley
Next stop on the War Tour:
Trump to Fox: “Claudia Sheinbaum is a good woman, but the cartels are running Mexico.
“She’s not running Mexico — the cartels are running Mexico.
“Something’s going to have to be done with Mexico.”
Trump to Fox: “Claudia Sheinbaum is a good woman, but the cartels are running Mexico.
“She’s not running Mexico — the cartels are running Mexico.
“Something’s going to have to be done with Mexico.”
January 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Next stop on the War Tour:
Trump to Fox: “Claudia Sheinbaum is a good woman, but the cartels are running Mexico.
“She’s not running Mexico — the cartels are running Mexico.
“Something’s going to have to be done with Mexico.”
Trump to Fox: “Claudia Sheinbaum is a good woman, but the cartels are running Mexico.
“She’s not running Mexico — the cartels are running Mexico.
“Something’s going to have to be done with Mexico.”
Reposted by Justin Stanley
"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
Reposted by Justin Stanley
Remember that the US *does not care* about the people of Venezuela. It is not about "narcotrafficking", or "democracy", or whatever propaganda they have going. It is *explicitly* about US control over oil, capital accumulation, and geopolitical power.
January 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Remember that the US *does not care* about the people of Venezuela. It is not about "narcotrafficking", or "democracy", or whatever propaganda they have going. It is *explicitly* about US control over oil, capital accumulation, and geopolitical power.
Reposted by Justin Stanley
fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
Reposted by Justin Stanley
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
Reposted by Justin Stanley
"CIA's secret program to send books to Soviet Bloc countries during the Cold War was one of the longest-running covert action operations in its history. Lasting from July 1956 to September 1991," www.cia.gov/resources/cs...
www.cia.gov
January 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
"CIA's secret program to send books to Soviet Bloc countries during the Cold War was one of the longest-running covert action operations in its history. Lasting from July 1956 to September 1991," www.cia.gov/resources/cs...
Reposted by Justin Stanley
"Can we have a grown-up conversation about this," @attackerman.bsky.social about the "oligarch functionary" at CBS, and gets going: www.forever-wars.com/watching-bar...
January 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
"Can we have a grown-up conversation about this," @attackerman.bsky.social about the "oligarch functionary" at CBS, and gets going: www.forever-wars.com/watching-bar...
Reposted by Justin Stanley
"‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock Intl Criminal Court judge out of daily life. Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards or access everyday services (Uber, Alexa, Ticketmaster...) in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock Intl Criminal Court judge out of daily life. Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards or access everyday services (Uber, Alexa, Ticketmaster...) in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...