☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️
@schwarz.bsky.social
☀️ The most important thing to understand about politics is that Head Monkey Good, Not Bad. Stop saying Head Monkey Bad. ☀️
I appreciate Thomas Massie's principles, but it's important to understand that he is largely out of his mind and unable to distinguish fantasy like this from reality
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I appreciate Thomas Massie's principles, but it's important to understand that he is largely out of his mind and unable to distinguish fantasy like this from reality
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second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
In a world full of terrible news, the collapsing price of solar energy — which makes it possible for some people in, eg, Jamaica to make use of it — is the best news possible. Here's a gift link if you'd like to be optimistic about the future: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
After Jamaica’s Disastrous Storm, Solar Power Is a Bright Spot
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
In a world full of terrible news, the collapsing price of solar energy — which makes it possible for some people in, eg, Jamaica to make use of it — is the best news possible. Here's a gift link if you'd like to be optimistic about the future: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
Trump says he's about to unveil a fantastic new healthcare plan for everyone with lower costs, better coverage, etc. He first said this just before he was inaugurated in 2017, more than eight years ago. washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Trump says he's about to unveil a fantastic new healthcare plan for everyone with lower costs, better coverage, etc. He first said this just before he was inaugurated in 2017, more than eight years ago. washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...
It's funny to see people like Larry Summers flailing about, spending their lives calling for students to think critically and then being outraged when students use their critical thinking skills about Israel
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It's funny to see people like Larry Summers flailing about, spending their lives calling for students to think critically and then being outraged when students use their critical thinking skills about Israel
Palestinian diplomat Saeb Erekat died five years ago today. Here's a funny story about Bill Clinton's vicious lies about his "parameters" for a peace deal in early 2001. Both sides said yes, both had reservations. Ever since then Clinton's lied & said Arafat rejected the deal.
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Palestinian diplomat Saeb Erekat died five years ago today. Here's a funny story about Bill Clinton's vicious lies about his "parameters" for a peace deal in early 2001. Both sides said yes, both had reservations. Ever since then Clinton's lied & said Arafat rejected the deal.
Has anyone in human history before me ever made roasted leeks drizzled with tahini? Will I be hailed by future generations for this work of innovation and genius?
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Has anyone in human history before me ever made roasted leeks drizzled with tahini? Will I be hailed by future generations for this work of innovation and genius?
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Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas
Did you know 50% of boys develop breast buds—ie, hard lumps under your nipples—at the start of puberty? This happened to me, and when I went to the doctor he said, "I bet you were scared you were turning into a girl!" I thought: no, I was scared I was dying of cancer, you idiot.
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Did you know 50% of boys develop breast buds—ie, hard lumps under your nipples—at the start of puberty? This happened to me, and when I went to the doctor he said, "I bet you were scared you were turning into a girl!" I thought: no, I was scared I was dying of cancer, you idiot.
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Trump seems to have been sleeping at the White House for longer than we realized. Rip Van Trump missed 20 years of debate on health care reform substack.com/home/post/p-...
Rip Van Winkle Comes to the White House: Trump Goes After “Money Sucking” Insurance Companies
There is an old child’s tale about Rip Van Winkle.
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Trump seems to have been sleeping at the White House for longer than we realized. Rip Van Trump missed 20 years of debate on health care reform substack.com/home/post/p-...
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
After the 2016 election, I wrote this, about how Chuck Schumer was the worst possible Democratic leader at the worst possible time. He still is! theintercept.com/2016/11/14/c...
Chuck Schumer: The Worst Possible Democratic Leader at the Worst Possible Time
The soon-to-be top elected Democrat might as well have been grown in a lab to be exactly the wrong face for opposition to Donald Trump.
theintercept.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
After the 2016 election, I wrote this, about how Chuck Schumer was the worst possible Democratic leader at the worst possible time. He still is! theintercept.com/2016/11/14/c...
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The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
I recently made this delicious salad, using fresh broccoli sprouts in place of lettuce. Note the presence of adult broccoli as well, so the adults and little ones could spend some time together before they were all fed together screaming into my family's maw.
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I recently made this delicious salad, using fresh broccoli sprouts in place of lettuce. Note the presence of adult broccoli as well, so the adults and little ones could spend some time together before they were all fed together screaming into my family's maw.
"We lost NY." The US right is always desperately afraid of losing things. Remember when the US "lost China" in 1949 to the people who lived in China.
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"We lost NY." The US right is always desperately afraid of losing things. Remember when the US "lost China" in 1949 to the people who lived in China.
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New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
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November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hey everyone, thank you so much for the outpouring of support.
I need to pay rent, and I launched a GoFundMe spot.fund/LahutRentFund
I need to pay rent, and I launched a GoFundMe spot.fund/LahutRentFund
Given that the 1950s blacklists and McCarthyism were so overtly antisemitic, it's undeniably funny that the 2025's blacklists and McCarthyism are being carried out in the name of fighting antisemitism variety.com/2025/film/fe...
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Given that the 1950s blacklists and McCarthyism were so overtly antisemitic, it's undeniably funny that the 2025's blacklists and McCarthyism are being carried out in the name of fighting antisemitism variety.com/2025/film/fe...
The coming attack on Mamdani by Trump, the right & a big chunk of the Democratic Party is going to be BANANAS. When Chile elected a socialist in 1970, Nixon & co. decided they'd use US power to "make the economy scream." That will be the game plan here, to punish NYers for voting wrong.
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The coming attack on Mamdani by Trump, the right & a big chunk of the Democratic Party is going to be BANANAS. When Chile elected a socialist in 1970, Nixon & co. decided they'd use US power to "make the economy scream." That will be the game plan here, to punish NYers for voting wrong.
I realize Jimmy Carr's whole shtick is edginess, but getting paid by Saudi Arabia — which arguably committed genocide in Yemen — to come tell them this joke in Riyadh must be one of the grossest things in the history of comedy theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I realize Jimmy Carr's whole shtick is edginess, but getting paid by Saudi Arabia — which arguably committed genocide in Yemen — to come tell them this joke in Riyadh must be one of the grossest things in the history of comedy theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
As @ahjohnson.bsky.social points out here, the US media is stroking its chin & pondering why Trump wants to attack Venezuela. They somehow overlook his stated motivation, which is that Venezuela has the world's biggest oil reserves.
Media Pontificating About Trump’s Motives for Attacking Venezuela Keep Ignoring that he Openly Admitted It Was to Take Their Oil
BBC, Politico, WaPo, CNN entertain many reasons for why Trump wants regime change in Venezuela—while ignoring the most obvious.
www.columnblog.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
As @ahjohnson.bsky.social points out here, the US media is stroking its chin & pondering why Trump wants to attack Venezuela. They somehow overlook his stated motivation, which is that Venezuela has the world's biggest oil reserves.
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
As you read this, recall that Benjamin Netanyahu was asked on the afternoon of 9/11 what it meant for relations between the US & Israel. This was at a moment when the number of dead Americans was believed to be 25,000. Netanyahu replied: "It's very good."
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As you read this, recall that Benjamin Netanyahu was asked on the afternoon of 9/11 what it meant for relations between the US & Israel. This was at a moment when the number of dead Americans was believed to be 25,000. Netanyahu replied: "It's very good."
The complicated reality of USAID is that it is (was) both one of the best & worst parts of the US government. It does desperately needed humanitarian work, as well as many destructive acts of political manipulation. Trump is getting rid of the former. bsky.app/profile/agaw...
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The complicated reality of USAID is that it is (was) both one of the best & worst parts of the US government. It does desperately needed humanitarian work, as well as many destructive acts of political manipulation. Trump is getting rid of the former. bsky.app/profile/agaw...
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...