Jason Merrin
@jasmerrin.bsky.social
I make movies n stuff. http://www.jason-merrin.com
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The guy arresting you shouldn’t look like the guy in a ski mask robbing a liquor store. It’s why we’re advancing legislation to put a stop to secret police-style masked law enforcement.
June 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The guy arresting you shouldn’t look like the guy in a ski mask robbing a liquor store. It’s why we’re advancing legislation to put a stop to secret police-style masked law enforcement.
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remember when Cuomo sent thousands of active Covid cases back to nursing homes, causing the deaths of like 6k people, and then covered it up?
June 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
remember when Cuomo sent thousands of active Covid cases back to nursing homes, causing the deaths of like 6k people, and then covered it up?
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It would be so great if Democratic elected officials started acting as if the president was trying to arrest them all, because he is.
"I would do it if I were Tom. I think it's great" -- Trump endorses the arrest of Gov. Gavin Newsom
June 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It would be so great if Democratic elected officials started acting as if the president was trying to arrest them all, because he is.
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
One Big Billionaire Bill
May 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
One Big Billionaire Bill
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You’re not crazy. The dissonance is real.
Everything is broken, and we’re pretending it isn’t.
#Hypernormalization
Everything is broken, and we’re pretending it isn’t.
#Hypernormalization
Systems are crumbling - but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
You’re not crazy. The dissonance is real.
Everything is broken, and we’re pretending it isn’t.
#Hypernormalization
Everything is broken, and we’re pretending it isn’t.
#Hypernormalization
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The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is Robin Hood in reverse: it takes from the poor to give to the rich.SNAP (used to be Food Stamps…which Tabby and I used back in 1972) is gone. Medicare is going.
May 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is Robin Hood in reverse: it takes from the poor to give to the rich.SNAP (used to be Food Stamps…which Tabby and I used back in 1972) is gone. Medicare is going.
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NEWS: Ranking Members Raskin, Jayapal, Crockett, Scanlon, Nadler, Johnson, and McBath release a joint statement on the Department of Justice’s unfounded targeting of Rep. LaMonica.
May 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
NEWS: Ranking Members Raskin, Jayapal, Crockett, Scanlon, Nadler, Johnson, and McBath release a joint statement on the Department of Justice’s unfounded targeting of Rep. LaMonica.
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Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
May 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
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Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian Party 👇🏽
May 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian Party 👇🏽
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If they suspend Habeas Corpus, it won't just be for "migrants" or "illegals" or "criminals." If they suspend Habeas Corpus it will be for you and me and whomever this regime decides is unfit, undesirable, and a threat or a problem. This is how it works. This is how it's always worked.
May 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If they suspend Habeas Corpus, it won't just be for "migrants" or "illegals" or "criminals." If they suspend Habeas Corpus it will be for you and me and whomever this regime decides is unfit, undesirable, and a threat or a problem. This is how it works. This is how it's always worked.
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Trump is who he is. He’d sell our most sensitive intelligence to our enemies if he could personally profit from it. Of course Trump will accept a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar. Trump is a traitor. But here’s what’s worse. No Republican will say a thing. Not one of them will.👇
May 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Trump is who he is. He’d sell our most sensitive intelligence to our enemies if he could personally profit from it. Of course Trump will accept a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar. Trump is a traitor. But here’s what’s worse. No Republican will say a thing. Not one of them will.👇
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what if there were laws, but for
-- the president
-- ICE
-- rich people
wouldn't that be fuckin wild
-- the president
-- ICE
-- rich people
wouldn't that be fuckin wild
May 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
what if there were laws, but for
-- the president
-- ICE
-- rich people
wouldn't that be fuckin wild
-- the president
-- ICE
-- rich people
wouldn't that be fuckin wild
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"You get two dolls and some pencils. I get a golden 747 jumbo jet. See? You get more things than I do. When was the last time you said 'Thank you, Mr. President'?"
May 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"You get two dolls and some pencils. I get a golden 747 jumbo jet. See? You get more things than I do. When was the last time you said 'Thank you, Mr. President'?"
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A man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind.
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
ICE raids have 'overwhelmed' coastal California communities
Communities in three California counties "overwhelmed" as ICE raids ramp up in the region.
www.sfgate.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind.
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
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Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
Two dolls $3,600
Utility $150
someone who is good at global hegemony please help me budget this. my economy is dying
Data $150
Rent $800
Two dolls $3,600
Utility $150
someone who is good at global hegemony please help me budget this. my economy is dying
May 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
Two dolls $3,600
Utility $150
someone who is good at global hegemony please help me budget this. my economy is dying
Data $150
Rent $800
Two dolls $3,600
Utility $150
someone who is good at global hegemony please help me budget this. my economy is dying
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Civic values like due process and the peaceful transfer of power?
Stephen Miller: "Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots. Children will be taught civic values for schools that want federal taxpayer funding ... we're gonna make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology."
May 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Civic values like due process and the peaceful transfer of power?
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I have in general become way less tolerant of ‘crunchy’ bullshit since ascension of people like RFK jr. to actual power. Sorry but the obnoxious Reddit science and logic guys were right, you should be scorned for believing objectively wrong things about consequential issues.
April 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I have in general become way less tolerant of ‘crunchy’ bullshit since ascension of people like RFK jr. to actual power. Sorry but the obnoxious Reddit science and logic guys were right, you should be scorned for believing objectively wrong things about consequential issues.
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A LOT of people do not want to hear it but in the United States at least, food has never been safer to eat, not to mention tastier
We are living in one of the few times in human history where you can buy a loaf of bread and if it says it’s made with wheat flour and salt and yeast and water and nothing else, it’s probably made from just those ingredients, and some people want to END this.
April 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A LOT of people do not want to hear it but in the United States at least, food has never been safer to eat, not to mention tastier
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April 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
April 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
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ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
April 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
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Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."
April 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."