James Cobb
@nyjamescobb.bsky.social
Recovering journalist. I was born in the 1950s, so why do I have to live through the 1930s again? Sic semper tyrannis.
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HE IS PROMISING TO SEND AMERICANS TO FOREIGN DEATH CAMPS.
This is it. This is where America ends.
This is it. This is where America ends.
April 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
HE IS PROMISING TO SEND AMERICANS TO FOREIGN DEATH CAMPS.
This is it. This is where America ends.
This is it. This is where America ends.
Reposted by James Cobb
Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country, according to three people familiar with the activities, sparking alarm within the tax agency.
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS
www.washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country, according to three people familiar with the activities, sparking alarm within the tax agency.
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NEW: A Jan. 6 defendant who threw an explosive into a Capitol tunnel packed with cops — freed this week by President Trump — has been re-arrested on a felony gun charge that has been pending since 2023.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
January 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
NEW: A Jan. 6 defendant who threw an explosive into a Capitol tunnel packed with cops — freed this week by President Trump — has been re-arrested on a felony gun charge that has been pending since 2023.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have. www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...
Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X
Dozens of big subreddits have already banned all Twitter links, and posts about potential bans are some of the most popular on the site.
www.404media.co
January 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have. www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...
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In a normal world, ending birthright citizenship—a right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment since 1868—would be something a president just couldn’t get away with. But Trump, who appointed three justices to the Supreme Court, very much owns the high court, and…
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
Donald Trump Takes a Sharpie to Democracy
By issuing a blitz of executive orders, including ones ending birthright citizenship and pardoning January 6 rioters, the 47th president is already undermining the rule of law.
www.vanityfair.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In a normal world, ending birthright citizenship—a right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment since 1868—would be something a president just couldn’t get away with. But Trump, who appointed three justices to the Supreme Court, very much owns the high court, and…
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
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Donald Trump’s first day back in office culminated in a sea of executive orders—a zone once again flooded with shit. Some of those orders were ceremonial (“promoting beautiful federal civic architecture”); others were PR stunts more fitting for his reality show
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
Donald Trump Takes a Sharpie to Democracy
By issuing a blitz of executive orders, including ones ending birthright citizenship and pardoning January 6 rioters, the 47th president is already undermining the rule of law.
www.vanityfair.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Donald Trump’s first day back in office culminated in a sea of executive orders—a zone once again flooded with shit. Some of those orders were ceremonial (“promoting beautiful federal civic architecture”); others were PR stunts more fitting for his reality show
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
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A dangerous and likely Trump maneuver as noted by the ever incisive Sargent.
Use of a bizarrely flexible definition of "invasion" is positively Orwellian. Book it that if not brought to heel via the courts+ballot box (and soon), use of such an authoritarian move won't be limited to the border.
Use of a bizarrely flexible definition of "invasion" is positively Orwellian. Book it that if not brought to heel via the courts+ballot box (and soon), use of such an authoritarian move won't be limited to the border.
Awful: Buried in one of Trump's executive orders is a measure that appears to declare that his power to nullify asylum entirely exists wholly independent of Congress or any legal statute. That could pave the way for major abuses, legal experts tell me:
newrepublic.com/article/1904...
newrepublic.com/article/1904...
Trump’s Awful New “Invasion” Executive Order is One of His Darkest Yet
One EO appears to give Trump extraordinary powers as long as we’re facing “invasion.” Who gets to decide when the “invasion” is over? Take one guess.
newrepublic.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A dangerous and likely Trump maneuver as noted by the ever incisive Sargent.
Use of a bizarrely flexible definition of "invasion" is positively Orwellian. Book it that if not brought to heel via the courts+ballot box (and soon), use of such an authoritarian move won't be limited to the border.
Use of a bizarrely flexible definition of "invasion" is positively Orwellian. Book it that if not brought to heel via the courts+ballot box (and soon), use of such an authoritarian move won't be limited to the border.
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What I saw at the kleptocrats' revolution:
While Trump's MAGA marks were getting soaked in a weekend of cancelled events and a $250M grift, the rise of American oligarchy was toasted on yachts by crypto dude bros and a president with a meme coin
My column from DC www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
While Trump's MAGA marks were getting soaked in a weekend of cancelled events and a $250M grift, the rise of American oligarchy was toasted on yachts by crypto dude bros and a president with a meme coin
My column from DC www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
American oligarchy begins as Trump makes billions while MAGA gets left out in the rain | Will Bunch
In D.C. for the launch of Trump 47, the MAGA faithful got soaked as a once and future POTUS cashes in.
www.inquirer.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
What I saw at the kleptocrats' revolution:
While Trump's MAGA marks were getting soaked in a weekend of cancelled events and a $250M grift, the rise of American oligarchy was toasted on yachts by crypto dude bros and a president with a meme coin
My column from DC www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
While Trump's MAGA marks were getting soaked in a weekend of cancelled events and a $250M grift, the rise of American oligarchy was toasted on yachts by crypto dude bros and a president with a meme coin
My column from DC www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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This is an amazing quote, from a Jan 6 prisoner who is refusing Trump’s pardon.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
January 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is an amazing quote, from a Jan 6 prisoner who is refusing Trump’s pardon.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
It took me way too long to escape the dismal swamp of X, but here I am. Looking forward to meeting new friends who have worthwhile things to say.
January 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It took me way too long to escape the dismal swamp of X, but here I am. Looking forward to meeting new friends who have worthwhile things to say.