Jonathan Wright
@jdw23.bsky.social
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“Putin would eat you for lunch.”
Today, exactly that happened.
Today, exactly that happened.
August 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“Putin would eat you for lunch.”
Today, exactly that happened.
Today, exactly that happened.
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The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
August 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
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Watching Andor, the new Superman and South Park, it's remarkable how lowbrow nerd-pop culture is crafting a far more pointed critique of this moment in our democracy than most elite journalists and politicians. Really frightening treatments of democracy falling to corruption and authoritarianism.
July 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Watching Andor, the new Superman and South Park, it's remarkable how lowbrow nerd-pop culture is crafting a far more pointed critique of this moment in our democracy than most elite journalists and politicians. Really frightening treatments of democracy falling to corruption and authoritarianism.
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If I was headin up the Dems I would have a 24/7 war room with the most brilliant minds in the country developing a multi pronged opposition inclusive of fundraising, recruitment, media campaigns, local organizing, stop gap planning for lost infrastructure & networks of mutual aid. It’s BASIC shit.
July 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If I was headin up the Dems I would have a 24/7 war room with the most brilliant minds in the country developing a multi pronged opposition inclusive of fundraising, recruitment, media campaigns, local organizing, stop gap planning for lost infrastructure & networks of mutual aid. It’s BASIC shit.
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Today marks the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Postal Service, older than our nation itself. The USPS is a service, not a business. And it belongs to the people, not corporate profiteers!
July 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Today marks the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Postal Service, older than our nation itself. The USPS is a service, not a business. And it belongs to the people, not corporate profiteers!
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No country honors those who tried to destroy it by naming military bases after them. The Confederates fought against the United States—they shouldn’t be celebrated or memorialized by our military. It’s time for this to end.
July 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
No country honors those who tried to destroy it by naming military bases after them. The Confederates fought against the United States—they shouldn’t be celebrated or memorialized by our military. It’s time for this to end.
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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I'm not necessarily saying that #47 is being paid by foreign interests to destroy everything that made America great, but if he was, what would he be doing differently?
July 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I'm not necessarily saying that #47 is being paid by foreign interests to destroy everything that made America great, but if he was, what would he be doing differently?
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Inspiration: thinking about rebuilding and restaffing our federal agencies after we oust the oligarchs.
July 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Inspiration: thinking about rebuilding and restaffing our federal agencies after we oust the oligarchs.
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Do folks realize all that ICE is doing and with the budget they’ve just been given - this is all a dress rehearsal for suppressing the vote in future elections. Think ICE style raids on polling places in contested areas with key Democratic turnout.
July 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Do folks realize all that ICE is doing and with the budget they’ve just been given - this is all a dress rehearsal for suppressing the vote in future elections. Think ICE style raids on polling places in contested areas with key Democratic turnout.
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NatGeo, Economist, Atlantic, SciAm, NYT, WaPo, Seattle Times
All paywalled
Fox is free Fox is free Fox is free
All paywalled
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July 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NatGeo, Economist, Atlantic, SciAm, NYT, WaPo, Seattle Times
All paywalled
Fox is free Fox is free Fox is free
All paywalled
Fox is free Fox is free Fox is free
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Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.
July 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.
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There are only three political positions in America today
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
June 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There are only three political positions in America today
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
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There is only one side in American politics that consistently supports and endorses political violence. People need to stop being afraid to say so.
June 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
There is only one side in American politics that consistently supports and endorses political violence. People need to stop being afraid to say so.
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Journalists, once again: Get used to using the word LIE. In fact, put that ish in your editorial policies.
June 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Journalists, once again: Get used to using the word LIE. In fact, put that ish in your editorial policies.
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Posting this 1967 Birmingham News editorial cartoon for all the people who don't realize that this is how MLK was viewed by a big chunk of white America.
June 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Posting this 1967 Birmingham News editorial cartoon for all the people who don't realize that this is how MLK was viewed by a big chunk of white America.
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The disastrous Citizens United decision put a for-sale sign on our democracy and has permitted $15 BILLION in outside spending since 2010.
Our campaign finance system is broken, and if we want to fix it, we need to #EndCitizensUnited.
Our campaign finance system is broken, and if we want to fix it, we need to #EndCitizensUnited.
June 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The disastrous Citizens United decision put a for-sale sign on our democracy and has permitted $15 BILLION in outside spending since 2010.
Our campaign finance system is broken, and if we want to fix it, we need to #EndCitizensUnited.
Our campaign finance system is broken, and if we want to fix it, we need to #EndCitizensUnited.
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Why are so many law enforcement officers wearing masks now? Embarassed?
June 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Why are so many law enforcement officers wearing masks now? Embarassed?
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The Trump administration is working with private companies like Palantir to create detailed reports on every American, which could help them weaponize our personal information in their quest to deport immigrants and punish critics.
This is a huge threat to our constitutional rights.
This is a huge threat to our constitutional rights.
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Trump administration is working with private companies like Palantir to create detailed reports on every American, which could help them weaponize our personal information in their quest to deport immigrants and punish critics.
This is a huge threat to our constitutional rights.
This is a huge threat to our constitutional rights.
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Would be good if reporters ask the administration why they let a man they knew was constantly using psychoactive drugs to take a hatchet to the federal government and cause uncountable death and immiseration
May 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Would be good if reporters ask the administration why they let a man they knew was constantly using psychoactive drugs to take a hatchet to the federal government and cause uncountable death and immiseration
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Pretty wild to be living in a time when humans are being forced to work in order to even be considered deserving of life or even to be considered human at all, while simultaneously human labor is being systematically eliminated from the concept of work.
May 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Pretty wild to be living in a time when humans are being forced to work in order to even be considered deserving of life or even to be considered human at all, while simultaneously human labor is being systematically eliminated from the concept of work.
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So basically our core biomedical agenda has gone from cancer and heart disease research with major investments in alzheimers/dementia research to jacking up the sperm count of teenage males and a new wild goose for the 'hidden causes' of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
April 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
So basically our core biomedical agenda has gone from cancer and heart disease research with major investments in alzheimers/dementia research to jacking up the sperm count of teenage males and a new wild goose for the 'hidden causes' of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.