Jon
@thebigredbeanie.bsky.social
Build LEGO, not walls.
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Cat dad to Jodie
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Cat dad to Jodie
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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this is the worst thing ever and simultaneously the perfect metaphor for contemporary white wealth in the united states
April 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
this is the worst thing ever and simultaneously the perfect metaphor for contemporary white wealth in the united states
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looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out
March 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out
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Good question. Why DOES Pete Hegseth have a Russian phone number? 🤨
March 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Good question. Why DOES Pete Hegseth have a Russian phone number? 🤨
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This is not efficiency, this is abandonment.
Americans deserve health care that works for them — and instead, the Trump administration is wreaking havoc on seniors, people with disabilities, and our most vulnerable.
In Illinois, we will stand up against these attacks.
Americans deserve health care that works for them — and instead, the Trump administration is wreaking havoc on seniors, people with disabilities, and our most vulnerable.
In Illinois, we will stand up against these attacks.
The Trump administration restructures federal health agencies, cuts 20,000 jobs
The reduction in force comes along with a reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services, consolidating 28 divisions to 15.
www.npr.org
March 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is not efficiency, this is abandonment.
Americans deserve health care that works for them — and instead, the Trump administration is wreaking havoc on seniors, people with disabilities, and our most vulnerable.
In Illinois, we will stand up against these attacks.
Americans deserve health care that works for them — and instead, the Trump administration is wreaking havoc on seniors, people with disabilities, and our most vulnerable.
In Illinois, we will stand up against these attacks.
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“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker
February 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker
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@raskin.house.gov: "The most glaring conflict of interest of all is that Elon is a government contractor himself, who collects billions of dollars from the US government... And like all authoritarian and fascist movements around the world in history, corruption is at the heart of it."
February 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
@raskin.house.gov: "The most glaring conflict of interest of all is that Elon is a government contractor himself, who collects billions of dollars from the US government... And like all authoritarian and fascist movements around the world in history, corruption is at the heart of it."
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Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
February 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
Downloaded a copy in case it is removed in the future. Will be taking the time to read it through at some point.
Re: Jack Smith’s report www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Re: Jack Smith’s report www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025
www.documentcloud.org
January 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Downloaded a copy in case it is removed in the future. Will be taking the time to read it through at some point.
Re: Jack Smith’s report www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Re: Jack Smith’s report www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Wow — that shameless @GovBillLee tweet lying about Biden’s Helene response and gaslighting about Trump treating all states equally got community noted AND @VoteGloriaJ’s response has been enshrined in an @RawStory post.
Nice job, Guv!
www.rawstory.com/liar-johnson...
Nice job, Guv!
www.rawstory.com/liar-johnson...
January 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Wow — that shameless @GovBillLee tweet lying about Biden’s Helene response and gaslighting about Trump treating all states equally got community noted AND @VoteGloriaJ’s response has been enshrined in an @RawStory post.
Nice job, Guv!
www.rawstory.com/liar-johnson...
Nice job, Guv!
www.rawstory.com/liar-johnson...
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agdq’s crazy taxi run has a mosh pit
January 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
agdq’s crazy taxi run has a mosh pit
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“‘A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press must be suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the even greater values of freedom of expression and the right of the people to know,’ Judge Gurfein argued.”
"A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press..."
Great piece!
Gift link:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/08/t...
Great piece!
Gift link:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/08/t...
When the Press Stood Up to the President
The Pentagon Papers case shows how brave media owners must be in moments of political turmoil.
foreignpolicy.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
“‘A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press must be suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the even greater values of freedom of expression and the right of the people to know,’ Judge Gurfein argued.”
This year’s #AGDQ2025 was phenomenal. Brought a lot of joy to a really long and hard week of terrible events and news.
Congrats to the Prevent Cancer Foundation on receiving $2.5mil+ from this excellent speedrunning marathon!
@gamesdonequick.bsky.social
Congrats to the Prevent Cancer Foundation on receiving $2.5mil+ from this excellent speedrunning marathon!
@gamesdonequick.bsky.social
January 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This year’s #AGDQ2025 was phenomenal. Brought a lot of joy to a really long and hard week of terrible events and news.
Congrats to the Prevent Cancer Foundation on receiving $2.5mil+ from this excellent speedrunning marathon!
@gamesdonequick.bsky.social
Congrats to the Prevent Cancer Foundation on receiving $2.5mil+ from this excellent speedrunning marathon!
@gamesdonequick.bsky.social
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congratulations to meta platforms for creating the nation’s first sundown social media platforms
January 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
congratulations to meta platforms for creating the nation’s first sundown social media platforms
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NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...
January 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...
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Wisdom from his many years.
January 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Wisdom from his many years.
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Perfectly depicted.
January 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Perfectly depicted.
The stack of reasons for deleting any/all meta profiles is going to be tall enough to reach the moon at this rate.
New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill"
www.404media.co/meta-deletes...
www.404media.co/meta-deletes...
Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes
Amid a series of changes that allows users to target LGBTQ+ people, Meta has deleted product features it initially championed.
www.404media.co
January 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The stack of reasons for deleting any/all meta profiles is going to be tall enough to reach the moon at this rate.
Read the whole thing. A rollercoaster of logic, tying red threads between nothings and nonsense.
January 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Read the whole thing. A rollercoaster of logic, tying red threads between nothings and nonsense.
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The Washington Post calls January 6 and the events leading up to it "election-reversal efforts." It has gotten Orwellian over there.
I will say again, support independent, pro-democracy media.
I will say again, support independent, pro-democracy media.
January 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Washington Post calls January 6 and the events leading up to it "election-reversal efforts." It has gotten Orwellian over there.
I will say again, support independent, pro-democracy media.
I will say again, support independent, pro-democracy media.
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We had to evacuate Los Angeles. Most people I know there have also had to leave. We are safe in San Diego and our apartment is unlikely to burn down. We are very lucky. But alongside the visceral horror of the wildfires there is also the mundanity of dystopia
www.404media.co/were-fine-lo...
www.404media.co/were-fine-lo...
‘We’re Fine’: Lying to Ourselves About a Climate Disaster
The dystopia of Los Angeles' fires are horrifying, mundane, and everything in between.
www.404media.co
January 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We had to evacuate Los Angeles. Most people I know there have also had to leave. We are safe in San Diego and our apartment is unlikely to burn down. We are very lucky. But alongside the visceral horror of the wildfires there is also the mundanity of dystopia
www.404media.co/were-fine-lo...
www.404media.co/were-fine-lo...
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It’s ok to feel sick over the state of things.
January 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It’s ok to feel sick over the state of things.