Jake Higdon
@jakehigdon.com
Clean economic development, manufacturing, climate, running, PNW hoops. I believe in America.
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NYT - Dozens of Venezuelans sent by the US to a maximum security prison in El Salvador describe being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/wo...
Inside Trump’s Deportation of Venezuelans: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
NYT - Dozens of Venezuelans sent by the US to a maximum security prison in El Salvador describe being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/wo...
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
[talking to the aid workers I fired from their jobs providing food and medical assistance to those in need in the U.S. and around the world]
You fools, you absolute simpletons
There’s “actually only one way” to widely address poverty or give people healthcare: a robot I haven’t made yet
You fools, you absolute simpletons
There’s “actually only one way” to widely address poverty or give people healthcare: a robot I haven’t made yet
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
[talking to the aid workers I fired from their jobs providing food and medical assistance to those in need in the U.S. and around the world]
You fools, you absolute simpletons
There’s “actually only one way” to widely address poverty or give people healthcare: a robot I haven’t made yet
You fools, you absolute simpletons
There’s “actually only one way” to widely address poverty or give people healthcare: a robot I haven’t made yet
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This is mass murder on a scale we haven't seen in generations. Trump did this. Musk did this. The SCOTUS that allowed these cuts to congressionally mandated programs and an acquiescent GOP did this. It's sickening. 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 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This is mass murder on a scale we haven't seen in generations. Trump did this. Musk did this. The SCOTUS that allowed these cuts to congressionally mandated programs and an acquiescent GOP did this. It's sickening. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Prediction: The Senate is now in play.
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Prediction: The Senate is now in play.
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What we know, 10:20pm
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—Dems keep PA supreme court
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
— GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—ME anti-mail vote measure loses
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—Dems keep PA supreme court
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
— GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—ME anti-mail vote measure loses
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
What we know, 10:20pm
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—Dems keep PA supreme court
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
— GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—ME anti-mail vote measure loses
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—Dems keep PA supreme court
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
— GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—ME anti-mail vote measure loses
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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worth noting that Mamdani did *not* take the bait
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
worth noting that Mamdani did *not* take the bait
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When they say they’d never support Fuentes, ask them about what they used to say about Trump. This is from a now deleted piece on The Blaze from Matt Walsh
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When they say they’d never support Fuentes, ask them about what they used to say about Trump. This is from a now deleted piece on The Blaze from Matt Walsh
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This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
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O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
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Speaker Johnson has decided to keep the House in recess all through next week. This will be the seventh consecutive week of recess for the chamber. It has not been in session since Sept. 19.
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Speaker Johnson has decided to keep the House in recess all through next week. This will be the seventh consecutive week of recess for the chamber. It has not been in session since Sept. 19.
Toumani Camara is unbelievable
November 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Toumani Camara is unbelievable
I think the administration might be overreaching a bit on the “teachers bad” front
October 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I think the administration might be overreaching a bit on the “teachers bad” front
Coal companies will use these grants to squeeze a couple more years of profit out of their facilities, no permanent jobs will be created, and local families will pay more for their electricity bills. They deserve better.
If you truly care about coal communities & workers, you don’t lie to them.
This money should be used to invest in new economic opportunities, like advanced manufacturing… oh, wait, they cancelled the “Green Scam” projects that were *checks notes* bringing factories to coal towns.
This money should be used to invest in new economic opportunities, like advanced manufacturing… oh, wait, they cancelled the “Green Scam” projects that were *checks notes* bringing factories to coal towns.
Halloween Friday news dump: The Trump administration is giving out $100 million to “refurbish and modernize” coal plants
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Coal companies will use these grants to squeeze a couple more years of profit out of their facilities, no permanent jobs will be created, and local families will pay more for their electricity bills. They deserve better.
If you truly care about coal communities & workers, you don’t lie to them.
This money should be used to invest in new economic opportunities, like advanced manufacturing… oh, wait, they cancelled the “Green Scam” projects that were *checks notes* bringing factories to coal towns.
This money should be used to invest in new economic opportunities, like advanced manufacturing… oh, wait, they cancelled the “Green Scam” projects that were *checks notes* bringing factories to coal towns.
Halloween Friday news dump: The Trump administration is giving out $100 million to “refurbish and modernize” coal plants
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
If you truly care about coal communities & workers, you don’t lie to them.
This money should be used to invest in new economic opportunities, like advanced manufacturing… oh, wait, they cancelled the “Green Scam” projects that were *checks notes* bringing factories to coal towns.
This money should be used to invest in new economic opportunities, like advanced manufacturing… oh, wait, they cancelled the “Green Scam” projects that were *checks notes* bringing factories to coal towns.
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A scoop that I’m not happy to report:
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News kills its climate unit
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A scoop that I’m not happy to report:
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
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HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
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In the first half of this year, the income of President Trump's family business soared 17-fold to $864 million, based almost entirely on new crypto ventures that have been a magnet for overseas cash, a Reuters investigation found.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In the first half of this year, the income of President Trump's family business soared 17-fold to $864 million, based almost entirely on new crypto ventures that have been a magnet for overseas cash, a Reuters investigation found.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
I can’t even imagine the sheer terror this man felt in his final moments, choosing to run into highway traffic because the alternative was so grim. I don’t care about his past or where he came from, he’s a human being. Enough of this.
A man was killed on a busy Virginia highway this week after running into the road while fleeing ICE agents, officials said.
The police identified the man as Jose Castro-Rivera, a 24-year-old from Honduras.
The police identified the man as Jose Castro-Rivera, a 24-year-old from Honduras.
Man dies in crash on Virginia’s I-264 highway while fleeing ICE agents
A Honduran man was hit by a pickup truck as he tried to cross the highway after being stopped by ICE agents, DHS and Virginia State Police said.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I can’t even imagine the sheer terror this man felt in his final moments, choosing to run into highway traffic because the alternative was so grim. I don’t care about his past or where he came from, he’s a human being. Enough of this.
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South Korea is the closest thing the fully democratic allies have to transfuse the deep understanding & technology of what it means to use flexible industrial policy to transform into an #electrostate. Even Japan has become calcified in its thinking.
"As Chinese brands become increasingly popular elsewhere, the US market is not only Hyundai’s biggest, but one of its best growth opportunities, regardless of who sits in the White House. Between very high tariffs and other restrictions, Chinese cars" are shut out.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/b...
After an ICE Raid in Rural Georgia, Hyundai Keeps Betting on America
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
South Korea is the closest thing the fully democratic allies have to transfuse the deep understanding & technology of what it means to use flexible industrial policy to transform into an #electrostate. Even Japan has become calcified in its thinking.
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Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Furloughed feds pick up Seattle beach trash to keep serving the public
Furloughed federal employees were out in the rain picking up cigarette butts, bottle caps, and other trash at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park on Friday.
www.kuow.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
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A pardon "following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family’s own crypto company." Unprecedented corruption.
President Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, whose crypto exchange has been boosting the Trump family's own crypto venture.
Exclusive | Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder
The pardon follows months of efforts by Changpeng Zhao to boost Trump crypto company
on.wsj.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A pardon "following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family’s own crypto company." Unprecedented corruption.