Jade Imp
@jade-imp.bsky.social
Biking, reading, traveling, and otherwise enjoying being a layabout
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Epstein is the distraction.
Giving Putin what he wants is the goal.
Giving Putin what he wants is the goal.
Epstein is the distraction.
Giving Putin what he wants is the goal.
Giving Putin what he wants is the goal.
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Epstein is the distraction.
Giving Putin what he wants is the goal.
Giving Putin what he wants is the goal.
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NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
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A century ago, Edward Bernays taught America how to sell with emotion. From Madison Ave to MAGA rallies, we’ve become fluent in persuasion and strangers to truth. The question now is what we’ve sold of ourselves.
#Propaganda #Democracy #Bernays #Advertising #Authoritarianism #MediaCulture
#Propaganda #Democracy #Bernays #Advertising #Authoritarianism #MediaCulture
The Century of Persuasion: How Madison Avenue Rewired the American Mind
The Rise of Emotional Capitalism and the Fall of Public Reason
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A century ago, Edward Bernays taught America how to sell with emotion. From Madison Ave to MAGA rallies, we’ve become fluent in persuasion and strangers to truth. The question now is what we’ve sold of ourselves.
#Propaganda #Democracy #Bernays #Advertising #Authoritarianism #MediaCulture
#Propaganda #Democracy #Bernays #Advertising #Authoritarianism #MediaCulture
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Why do so many deny what they can already feel and see? Climate denial isn’t ignorance—it’s meaning preservation, a cultural defense against moral reckoning.
#ClimateChange #Denialism #Anthropology #PoliticalEcology #PublicAnthropology
#ClimateChange #Denialism #Anthropology #PoliticalEcology #PublicAnthropology
The Logic of Denial: Climate Change and the Preservation of Meaning
How culture, faith, and fossil capital converged to turn scientific evidence into moral resistance.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Why do so many deny what they can already feel and see? Climate denial isn’t ignorance—it’s meaning preservation, a cultural defense against moral reckoning.
#ClimateChange #Denialism #Anthropology #PoliticalEcology #PublicAnthropology
#ClimateChange #Denialism #Anthropology #PoliticalEcology #PublicAnthropology
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China has become a new type of superpower: one which deploys clean electricity on a planet-altering scale
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
econ.st
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
China has become a new type of superpower: one which deploys clean electricity on a planet-altering scale
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Primary every Dem Senator that just caved to Trump.
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Primary every Dem Senator that just caved to Trump.
The corrupt Texas AG suing Tylenol was impeached by his own party in the state legislature, but remained in office after Trump told them to back off.
apnews.com/article/texa...
Texas lawsuit against companies behind Tylenol asserts unproven claims of autism risk
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is accusing the companies behind Tylenol of deceptively marketing the pain reliever to pregnant mothers.
apnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The corrupt Texas AG suing Tylenol was impeached by his own party in the state legislature, but remained in office after Trump told them to back off.
apnews.com/article/texa...
Trump just cut off SNAP as of November 1st even tho the FDA has the funds and the legal authority to cover most of the month. He is, of course, seeking to blame that on the Dems.
Over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits.
Over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits.
October 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Trump just cut off SNAP as of November 1st even tho the FDA has the funds and the legal authority to cover most of the month. He is, of course, seeking to blame that on the Dems.
Over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits.
Over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits.
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Polymarket data shows wagers against Trump taking promised actions would have yielded returns similar to the S&P 500, and gambling that he’ll actually follow through was a losing proposition: Here’s your Evening Briefing.
What Betting Markets Show About Trump
Get caught up.
bloom.bg
October 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Polymarket data shows wagers against Trump taking promised actions would have yielded returns similar to the S&P 500, and gambling that he’ll actually follow through was a losing proposition: Here’s your Evening Briefing.
How many people died in the last 10 months?
October 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
How many people died in the last 10 months?
The MAGA Oligarchy just bought Dominion Voting Systems. They can now disrupt, delay, or shut down inconvenient elections by simply not providing support.
And convince a lot of people to give up voting because they won’t believe their votes will be counted.
apnews.com/article/domi...
And convince a lot of people to give up voting because they won’t believe their votes will be counted.
apnews.com/article/domi...
Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories
Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official.
apnews.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The MAGA Oligarchy just bought Dominion Voting Systems. They can now disrupt, delay, or shut down inconvenient elections by simply not providing support.
And convince a lot of people to give up voting because they won’t believe their votes will be counted.
apnews.com/article/domi...
And convince a lot of people to give up voting because they won’t believe their votes will be counted.
apnews.com/article/domi...
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Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.
October 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.
The big meeting of ALL the military leaders was so that Trump could let them know he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, Biden used an auto-pen, Putin is a disappointment, and he is surprised that he didn’t get a bigger reaction when he renamed the Department of Defense. Hegseth said stuff too.
September 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The big meeting of ALL the military leaders was so that Trump could let them know he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, Biden used an auto-pen, Putin is a disappointment, and he is surprised that he didn’t get a bigger reaction when he renamed the Department of Defense. Hegseth said stuff too.
The Patronage State
This is how you use all the worst aspects of federal regulatory power and law enforcement and make them tools of arbitrary rule.
www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trum...
This is how you use all the worst aspects of federal regulatory power and law enforcement and make them tools of arbitrary rule.
www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trum...
Trump, Project 2025 and the 'Dismantling' of the 'Administrative State' - FactCheck.org
In a series of stories over the coming days, we will lay out numerous examples of how President Donald Trump has implemented Project 2025 proposals and how at times he diverged from the document. We s...
www.factcheck.org
September 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Patronage State
This is how you use all the worst aspects of federal regulatory power and law enforcement and make them tools of arbitrary rule.
www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trum...
This is how you use all the worst aspects of federal regulatory power and law enforcement and make them tools of arbitrary rule.
www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trum...
This is how a strictly regulated, and deliberately slow civil service structure is replaced by political toadies loyal only to the whims of the glorious leader empowered to act without legal constraints.
www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trum...
www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trum...
Trump, Project 2025 and the 'Dismantling' of the 'Administrative State' - FactCheck.org
In a series of stories over the coming days, we will lay out numerous examples of how President Donald Trump has implemented Project 2025 proposals and how at times he diverged from the document. We s...
www.factcheck.org
September 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is how a strictly regulated, and deliberately slow civil service structure is replaced by political toadies loyal only to the whims of the glorious leader empowered to act without legal constraints.
www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trum...
www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trum...
The politicization and exploitation of Charlie kirk’s death is apparent.
They bury his own history with him, because to quote him is a punishable crime.
x.com/legionmint/s...
They bury his own history with him, because to quote him is a punishable crime.
x.com/legionmint/s...
𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐓 ™ on X: "Charlie Kirk called for Biden’s execution and Republicans shrugged. But when people call Kirk an intolerant, anti-democratic racist peddling hate-mongering, they’re doxxed, harassed, threatened, and fired. So much for free speech. #FreeSpeech #Hypocrisy https://t.co/XqnksLMsgO" / X
Charlie Kirk called for Biden’s execution and Republicans shrugged. But when people call Kirk an intolerant, anti-democratic racist peddling hate-mongering, they’re doxxed, harassed, threatened, and fired. So much for free speech. #FreeSpeech #Hypocrisy https://t.co/XqnksLMsgO
x.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The politicization and exploitation of Charlie kirk’s death is apparent.
They bury his own history with him, because to quote him is a punishable crime.
x.com/legionmint/s...
They bury his own history with him, because to quote him is a punishable crime.
x.com/legionmint/s...
They want to confuse every issue and get you to doubt that you can ever know the truth.
He who controls the past controls the future
He who controls the present controls the past
He who controls the present controls the past
September 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
They want to confuse every issue and get you to doubt that you can ever know the truth.
No surprise, they think they can hide the truth.
September 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
No surprise, they think they can hide the truth.
The S.E.C. Drops Efforts to Recoup Funds From Trump Clemency Recipients
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Here are the comments that ABC used as justification for canceling Jimmy Kimmel Live.
September 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Here are the comments that ABC used as justification for canceling Jimmy Kimmel Live.