Tucker Jones
@tuckerjones.bsky.social
Formerly in international development and in local government. Now in Bonn, Germany. Learning German, also following news from Europe and especially the Balkans in BCMS, Turkish, English.
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Tucker Jones
@tuckerjones.bsky.social
· Sep 4
I'm moving to Bonn, Germany in a few weeks! My wife got into a master's program there, and I'll focus on intensive study of the German language for the first year. If you are in the area or know anyone I should meet there, please let me know!
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Clearly, Bowser thinks this inside look at how she handled Trump vindicates her approach...but if we get new videos every day of ICE patrolling with MPD to deport people, is it having the effect she hoped?
Not helping that she gets defensive about it at every turn:
Not helping that she gets defensive about it at every turn:
November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Clearly, Bowser thinks this inside look at how she handled Trump vindicates her approach...but if we get new videos every day of ICE patrolling with MPD to deport people, is it having the effect she hoped?
Not helping that she gets defensive about it at every turn:
Not helping that she gets defensive about it at every turn:
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"she needed money for braces"
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"she needed money for braces"
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
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Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldn’t be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
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"Larry Summers believed he was oppressed by the American elite" is both ridiculous and deeply revealing about how these men see the world
You have to be astonishingly full of yourself to think that INSIGHT is the word you were looking for here
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Larry Summers believed he was oppressed by the American elite" is both ridiculous and deeply revealing about how these men see the world
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The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
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The Zeiten, they are wending.
61% of Germans say their country invested too little in its military capabilities.
66% say we relied too much on the US for our security.
61% of Germans say their country invested too little in its military capabilities.
66% say we relied too much on the US for our security.
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The Zeiten, they are wending.
61% of Germans say their country invested too little in its military capabilities.
66% say we relied too much on the US for our security.
61% of Germans say their country invested too little in its military capabilities.
66% say we relied too much on the US for our security.
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Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
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It's hard to imagine just 10 years later how much 2015 was a high-water mark of post-Cold War liberal internationalism: the SDGs, Paris Agreement, JCPOA, Cuba and TPP (technically Feb 2016).
But all were achieved even as the foundation upholding that global order were corroded beyond repair.
But all were achieved even as the foundation upholding that global order were corroded beyond repair.
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's hard to imagine just 10 years later how much 2015 was a high-water mark of post-Cold War liberal internationalism: the SDGs, Paris Agreement, JCPOA, Cuba and TPP (technically Feb 2016).
But all were achieved even as the foundation upholding that global order were corroded beyond repair.
But all were achieved even as the foundation upholding that global order were corroded beyond repair.
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Today I’m announcing a new non-profit that I co-founded - the Moldova Resilience Fund. This US based 501c3 will support independent media, civil society and civic activism groups in Moldova. Read this announcement to find out more - and how you can get involved.
open.substack.com/pub/moldovam...
open.substack.com/pub/moldovam...
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Today I’m announcing a new non-profit that I co-founded - the Moldova Resilience Fund. This US based 501c3 will support independent media, civil society and civic activism groups in Moldova. Read this announcement to find out more - and how you can get involved.
open.substack.com/pub/moldovam...
open.substack.com/pub/moldovam...
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They have been smart, creative, leaderless, and transparent. And they aren’t targeting any one politician or party. They aim to change the entire system.
How Serbian Students Created the Largest Protest Movement in Decades | Journal of Democracy
They have been smart, creative, leaderless, and transparent. And they aren’t targeting any one politician or party. They aim to change the entire system.
www.journalofdemocracy.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
They have been smart, creative, leaderless, and transparent. And they aren’t targeting any one politician or party. They aim to change the entire system.
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They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Excellent slides
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Excellent slides
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My former student Andrew Long has written a marvelous story for The Assembly about an atheist YouTuber who "still tears up when he talks about his relationship with God—the 'most intimate thing' he’s ever had—and mourns that he now believes 'it’s all bullshit.'" @theassemblync.bsky.social
The Atheist Who Wants You to Go to Church
Raleigh-based YouTuber Jared Smith has made a name critiquing religion. But he’s not trying to sway people away from faith.
www.theassemblync.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My former student Andrew Long has written a marvelous story for The Assembly about an atheist YouTuber who "still tears up when he talks about his relationship with God—the 'most intimate thing' he’s ever had—and mourns that he now believes 'it’s all bullshit.'" @theassemblync.bsky.social
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‘Al could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
‘Al could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
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In the name of "fighting antisemitism," Indiana University appointed a Christian scholar to tell Jewish scholars what they can and cannot say - all while they invited Tucker Carlson to speak on campus. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
www.jta.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
In the name of "fighting antisemitism," Indiana University appointed a Christian scholar to tell Jewish scholars what they can and cannot say - all while they invited Tucker Carlson to speak on campus. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
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NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.
November 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.
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Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was 'aware' of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was 'aware' of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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DC WORKER WIN: GW Hospital and The Hill Preschool will pay $127,000+ for subjecting workers to illegal stay-or-pay clauses.
Stay-or-pay clauses force workers to pay for training costs if they leave before the end of their contract term.
They cheat workers, hurt competition, and violate the law.
Stay-or-pay clauses force workers to pay for training costs if they leave before the end of their contract term.
They cheat workers, hurt competition, and violate the law.
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
DC WORKER WIN: GW Hospital and The Hill Preschool will pay $127,000+ for subjecting workers to illegal stay-or-pay clauses.
Stay-or-pay clauses force workers to pay for training costs if they leave before the end of their contract term.
They cheat workers, hurt competition, and violate the law.
Stay-or-pay clauses force workers to pay for training costs if they leave before the end of their contract term.
They cheat workers, hurt competition, and violate the law.
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Richest nation in human history
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Richest nation in human history
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He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
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Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
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Sandwich Guy thanks everyone for their support, “emotional, spiritual, artistic or financial.” Intones, “Let us not forget that the great seal of the United States says…‘ out of many, one.’…You all have a right to live a life that is free.”
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Sandwich Guy thanks everyone for their support, “emotional, spiritual, artistic or financial.” Intones, “Let us not forget that the great seal of the United States says…‘ out of many, one.’…You all have a right to live a life that is free.”
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Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.