Jason T Johns
@jason-johns.bsky.social
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This Marble Monument
Is Erected by the State)
This Marble Monument
Is Erected by the State)
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As a formerly homeless man, I think I’d be more concerned about a Fox News host saying homeless people should be killed if it weren’t also the opinion of the government.
The US either jails homeless folks or makes housing harder.
And if you’re not housing them, you’re sentencing them to death.
The US either jails homeless folks or makes housing harder.
And if you’re not housing them, you’re sentencing them to death.
September 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
As a formerly homeless man, I think I’d be more concerned about a Fox News host saying homeless people should be killed if it weren’t also the opinion of the government.
The US either jails homeless folks or makes housing harder.
And if you’re not housing them, you’re sentencing them to death.
The US either jails homeless folks or makes housing harder.
And if you’re not housing them, you’re sentencing them to death.
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Did Trump claim to have stopped the Kosovo/Serbian war?
August 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Did Trump claim to have stopped the Kosovo/Serbian war?
Is there anywhere more accepting of “alternative lifestyles” as a Renaissance Faire?
August 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Is there anywhere more accepting of “alternative lifestyles” as a Renaissance Faire?
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Authoritarians go wrong because they replace competent officials with toadies and yes men. The upshot is that a leader doesn't get sound advice and does stupid things, and eventually he and his country pay a price. For starters, no one will trust Trump's BLS figures from now on.
REPORTER: Why did you fire the head of the bureau of labor statistics?
TRUMP: Because I thought her numbers were wrong
TRUMP: Because I thought her numbers were wrong
August 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Authoritarians go wrong because they replace competent officials with toadies and yes men. The upshot is that a leader doesn't get sound advice and does stupid things, and eventually he and his country pay a price. For starters, no one will trust Trump's BLS figures from now on.
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Over the first seven months of 2025, the economy has added 597,000 jobs.
Over the first seven months of 2024 — when Trump said the economy was terrible — the total was over 1 million jobs.
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Over the first seven months of 2024 — when Trump said the economy was terrible — the total was over 1 million jobs.
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
U.S. job growth turns cold as Trump’s agenda takes its toll on the economy
The question for the White House is simple: “If Trump has created a ‘hot’ economy, why has American job growth slowed to a 16-year low?”
www.msnbc.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Over the first seven months of 2025, the economy has added 597,000 jobs.
Over the first seven months of 2024 — when Trump said the economy was terrible — the total was over 1 million jobs.
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Over the first seven months of 2024 — when Trump said the economy was terrible — the total was over 1 million jobs.
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Apparently, Netanyahu and the Trump administration took *The Hunger Games* as inspiration. Gazans run to the “cornucopia” and get slaughtered trying to get food.
A Dangerous Quest for Food in Gaza
An NPR journalist in Gaza describes his harrowing experience seeking food from a distribution site run by private American contractors. He found himself facing Israeli military fire, crowds fighting f...
www.northcountrypublicradio.org
July 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Apparently, Netanyahu and the Trump administration took *The Hunger Games* as inspiration. Gazans run to the “cornucopia” and get slaughtered trying to get food.
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"It's a Yes or No Question"
June 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"It's a Yes or No Question"
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Kamala: we’re going to stop grocery stores from price gouging
MAGA: COMMUNISM!!!
Trump: Walmart better not raise prices because of the stupid thing I did
MAGA: MAGA!!
MAGA: COMMUNISM!!!
Trump: Walmart better not raise prices because of the stupid thing I did
MAGA: MAGA!!
May 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Kamala: we’re going to stop grocery stores from price gouging
MAGA: COMMUNISM!!!
Trump: Walmart better not raise prices because of the stupid thing I did
MAGA: MAGA!!
MAGA: COMMUNISM!!!
Trump: Walmart better not raise prices because of the stupid thing I did
MAGA: MAGA!!
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FRIEND: "We're at risk of slipping into fascism."
ME: "Oh, honey . . . when they are arresting judges and mayors, we've already slipped."
ME: "Oh, honey . . . when they are arresting judges and mayors, we've already slipped."
May 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
FRIEND: "We're at risk of slipping into fascism."
ME: "Oh, honey . . . when they are arresting judges and mayors, we've already slipped."
ME: "Oh, honey . . . when they are arresting judges and mayors, we've already slipped."
How Generations of Experts Built U.S. Power
And now Trump is throwing it all away.
foreignpolicy.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The State Department is changing its mind about human rights
The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights
The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The State Department is changing its mind about human rights
This is truly scary.
April 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is truly scary.
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Q: 60 Minutes found 75% of the migrants who were sent to El Salvador do not have criminal records. That true?
BONDI: They're not Venezuelan migrants. They're illegal aliens from Venezuela who should not have been in our country
Q: So you're confirming they didn't commit a crime?
BONDI: *leaves*
BONDI: They're not Venezuelan migrants. They're illegal aliens from Venezuela who should not have been in our country
Q: So you're confirming they didn't commit a crime?
BONDI: *leaves*
April 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Q: 60 Minutes found 75% of the migrants who were sent to El Salvador do not have criminal records. That true?
BONDI: They're not Venezuelan migrants. They're illegal aliens from Venezuela who should not have been in our country
Q: So you're confirming they didn't commit a crime?
BONDI: *leaves*
BONDI: They're not Venezuelan migrants. They're illegal aliens from Venezuela who should not have been in our country
Q: So you're confirming they didn't commit a crime?
BONDI: *leaves*
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GOLDMAN hikes its odds of US recession to 35% — from a prior 20%.
The move reflects “the sharp recent deterioration in household and business confidence, and statements from White House officials indicating greater willingness to tolerate near-term economic weakness in pursuit of their policies.”
The move reflects “the sharp recent deterioration in household and business confidence, and statements from White House officials indicating greater willingness to tolerate near-term economic weakness in pursuit of their policies.”
March 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
GOLDMAN hikes its odds of US recession to 35% — from a prior 20%.
The move reflects “the sharp recent deterioration in household and business confidence, and statements from White House officials indicating greater willingness to tolerate near-term economic weakness in pursuit of their policies.”
The move reflects “the sharp recent deterioration in household and business confidence, and statements from White House officials indicating greater willingness to tolerate near-term economic weakness in pursuit of their policies.”
“I also could not believe that the national security adviser to the president would be so reckless as to include the editor in chief of The Atlantic in such discussions with senior U.S. officials, up to and including the vice president.”
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“I also could not believe that the national security adviser to the president would be so reckless as to include the editor in chief of The Atlantic in such discussions with senior U.S. officials, up to and including the vice president.”
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Dear World,
I apologize. We have a Russian asset in the White House. Trump stands with Putin. He doesn’t stand with Ukraine, NATO or the free world. Many, many, many of us Americans apologize profusely for this.
Sincerely,
A Ukraine-Supporting, NATO-Supporting American
I apologize. We have a Russian asset in the White House. Trump stands with Putin. He doesn’t stand with Ukraine, NATO or the free world. Many, many, many of us Americans apologize profusely for this.
Sincerely,
A Ukraine-Supporting, NATO-Supporting American
March 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Dear World,
I apologize. We have a Russian asset in the White House. Trump stands with Putin. He doesn’t stand with Ukraine, NATO or the free world. Many, many, many of us Americans apologize profusely for this.
Sincerely,
A Ukraine-Supporting, NATO-Supporting American
I apologize. We have a Russian asset in the White House. Trump stands with Putin. He doesn’t stand with Ukraine, NATO or the free world. Many, many, many of us Americans apologize profusely for this.
Sincerely,
A Ukraine-Supporting, NATO-Supporting American
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"The way I was taught is, if your family were immigrants to this country and came for a better life, the price you pay for that is you can never say that 'no one else is welcome.' That is what America was built on," said the Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey.
'This is a class war': The Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey on Trump, immigration and Boston
"The way I was taught is, if your family were immigrants to this country and came for a better life, the price you pay for that is you can never say that 'no one else is welcome.' That is what America...
www.wbur.org
March 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"The way I was taught is, if your family were immigrants to this country and came for a better life, the price you pay for that is you can never say that 'no one else is welcome.' That is what America was built on," said the Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey.
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Americans in a nutshell
March 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Americans in a nutshell
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Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...