Jefferson Smith
@jeffersonsmith.bsky.social
America is a Redemption Story.
Entrepreneur. Innovation Network organizer. Presentation Coach. Harvard Law School ‘99.
Entrepreneur. Innovation Network organizer. Presentation Coach. Harvard Law School ‘99.
Got back into Blue Sky just in time for my final hour on the Thom Hartmann program
@thomhartmann.bsky.social
@thomhartmann.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Got back into Blue Sky just in time for my final hour on the Thom Hartmann program
@thomhartmann.bsky.social
@thomhartmann.bsky.social
Democrats campaigned
ON democracy.
We need a campaign
FOR democracy.
ON democracy.
We need a campaign
FOR democracy.
Voting Rights Act turns 60 today but under dire threat
-SCOTUS conservatives preparing to kill what’s left of law
-Trump's Texas power grab dismantles districts held by Black & Latino Dems
-115 new voting restrictions passed in 31 states since Shelby County www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-SCOTUS conservatives preparing to kill what’s left of law
-Trump's Texas power grab dismantles districts held by Black & Latino Dems
-115 new voting restrictions passed in 31 states since Shelby County www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump.
“The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”
www.motherjones.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Democrats campaigned
ON democracy.
We need a campaign
FOR democracy.
ON democracy.
We need a campaign
FOR democracy.
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Voting Rights Act turns 60 today but under dire threat
-SCOTUS conservatives preparing to kill what’s left of law
-Trump's Texas power grab dismantles districts held by Black & Latino Dems
-115 new voting restrictions passed in 31 states since Shelby County www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-SCOTUS conservatives preparing to kill what’s left of law
-Trump's Texas power grab dismantles districts held by Black & Latino Dems
-115 new voting restrictions passed in 31 states since Shelby County www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump.
“The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”
www.motherjones.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Voting Rights Act turns 60 today but under dire threat
-SCOTUS conservatives preparing to kill what’s left of law
-Trump's Texas power grab dismantles districts held by Black & Latino Dems
-115 new voting restrictions passed in 31 states since Shelby County www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-SCOTUS conservatives preparing to kill what’s left of law
-Trump's Texas power grab dismantles districts held by Black & Latino Dems
-115 new voting restrictions passed in 31 states since Shelby County www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Today marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act's passage in Congress.
Here's what happened next:
Here's what happened next:
Work in Progress: The Voting Rights Act
Work in Progress is a recurring feature on CAMPAIGN TRAILS, in which I share some of the more interesting materials I’ve uncovered in my book-in-progress on the work of John Doar and the Civil Rights ...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
August 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Today marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act's passage in Congress.
Here's what happened next:
Here's what happened next:
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Finally, a united nation.
August 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Finally, a united nation.
Your occasional reminder that climate change is real.
American Summers Are Starting to Feel Like Winter — The Atlantic
Extreme weather is keeping more people stuck inside.
apple.news
August 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Your occasional reminder that climate change is real.
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“Both of them.”
August 2, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“Both of them.”
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Let that statistic speak
Haven't been hearing Enough
About Chump and Epstein lately....
About Chump and Epstein lately....
August 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Let that statistic speak
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Oh, the irony.
August 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Oh, the irony.
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Democratic senators should ignore GOP attacks over not confirming Trump's nominees, and instead go on the offensive: Attack Republican senators for not voting to release the Epstein files. And urge voters to go to Republican senators' town halls or find them elsewhere to challenge them on this.
August 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Democratic senators should ignore GOP attacks over not confirming Trump's nominees, and instead go on the offensive: Attack Republican senators for not voting to release the Epstein files. And urge voters to go to Republican senators' town halls or find them elsewhere to challenge them on this.
"I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them."
— Andy Bernard
— Andy Bernard
August 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
"I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them."
— Andy Bernard
— Andy Bernard
The discourse needs to get smarter. We don’t need national profile
Democrats “campaigning” as much as we need them digging in and building pro-democracy infrastructure.
More grassroots, more media, more solution-making, more fundraising.
And not just (or even mostly) in election season.
Democrats “campaigning” as much as we need them digging in and building pro-democracy infrastructure.
More grassroots, more media, more solution-making, more fundraising.
And not just (or even mostly) in election season.
Kamala Harris has misgivings about government. Some Dems have misgivings about her.
There’s a swath of the party that would be glad if Harris doesn’t run in 2028 — or campaign actively in the midterms.
www.politico.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The discourse needs to get smarter. We don’t need national profile
Democrats “campaigning” as much as we need them digging in and building pro-democracy infrastructure.
More grassroots, more media, more solution-making, more fundraising.
And not just (or even mostly) in election season.
Democrats “campaigning” as much as we need them digging in and building pro-democracy infrastructure.
More grassroots, more media, more solution-making, more fundraising.
And not just (or even mostly) in election season.
What would a progressive narrative look like? First, it would not be motivated by fear and hatred of women. Second, it would consider masculinity healthy and valuable rather than being ashamed of it.
OK so feeling slightly apprehensive about this, which I suppose is kind of the point. This is an attempt at a progressive view on masculinity and on men getting laid. God help me. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
How to be a man
The right story narrative about male attractiveness is grounded in Social Darwinism and free market economics. Can progressives tell a better story?
iandunt.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What would a progressive narrative look like? First, it would not be motivated by fear and hatred of women. Second, it would consider masculinity healthy and valuable rather than being ashamed of it.
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With news that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down due to Trump’s meddling, it’s worth watching Mr. Rogers testifying to the Senate about the real value of what we’ve all lost.
May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications
YouTube video by Road Less Marveled
m.youtube.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
With news that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down due to Trump’s meddling, it’s worth watching Mr. Rogers testifying to the Senate about the real value of what we’ve all lost.
Source: NPR
Trump killed a virtuous thing.
Trump killed a virtuous thing.
August 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Source: NPR
Trump killed a virtuous thing.
Trump killed a virtuous thing.
Trump Administration continues to give Epstein & Maxwell special treatment to help coverup.
“The reason for the move is listed as a “lesser security transfer” (code 308), which is completely inappropriate for inmates who are in the early stages of serving their sentences. ‘This is such obvious corruption. I have never seen this before.’”
open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
EXCLUSIVE: Someone Waived Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Offender Status to Move Her to a Minimum Security Camp in Texas
According to sources, you can't move someone with a Public Safety Factor (PSF) designation - which Maxwell had - without waiving it. That's what happened here.
open.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Trump Administration continues to give Epstein & Maxwell special treatment to help coverup.
Warm thoughts and sympathies go to the people of Kamchatka facing the Tsunami.
Dumb thoughts and memories go to why I and other gaming kids of the 80’s know the name of that place so well.
Dumb thoughts and memories go to why I and other gaming kids of the 80’s know the name of that place so well.
Tsunami waves hit Kamchatka and Japan after massive 8.8 earthquake off Russia
Entire west coast of U.S. alerted to potential tsunami following massive earthquake off Russia
www.google.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Warm thoughts and sympathies go to the people of Kamchatka facing the Tsunami.
Dumb thoughts and memories go to why I and other gaming kids of the 80’s know the name of that place so well.
Dumb thoughts and memories go to why I and other gaming kids of the 80’s know the name of that place so well.
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It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
July 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
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“‘The only political liability is if we don’t push to get it released,’ Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) told me. ‘We got to get it released now…Let’s get the list released. Let’s find out everything about it and then let the public decide.’”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
This Is the Most Panicked Republicans Have Been in Years
It’s a political base problem few are willing to admit.
open.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“‘The only political liability is if we don’t push to get it released,’ Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) told me. ‘We got to get it released now…Let’s get the list released. Let’s find out everything about it and then let the public decide.’”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
What’s the most extreme thing Trump might do to distract from his close friendship & party relationship with Epstein?
✅ Threaten to deport US citizen political opponents (Mamdani, etc.)
✅ Sue conservative newspaper
✅ Accuse former President of treason
❓ More & worse? Military conflict?
✅ Threaten to deport US citizen political opponents (Mamdani, etc.)
✅ Sue conservative newspaper
✅ Accuse former President of treason
❓ More & worse? Military conflict?
July 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
What’s the most extreme thing Trump might do to distract from his close friendship & party relationship with Epstein?
✅ Threaten to deport US citizen political opponents (Mamdani, etc.)
✅ Sue conservative newspaper
✅ Accuse former President of treason
❓ More & worse? Military conflict?
✅ Threaten to deport US citizen political opponents (Mamdani, etc.)
✅ Sue conservative newspaper
✅ Accuse former President of treason
❓ More & worse? Military conflict?
Friends—There is a deep need for interfaith expressions of love and kindness. Show your Jewish friends some love.
Embarrassing that this merits mention: Harassing of Jewish Americans strictly or largely because they are Jewish is not progressive, liberal, strategic, kind constructive, or moral.
Embarrassing that this merits mention: Harassing of Jewish Americans strictly or largely because they are Jewish is not progressive, liberal, strategic, kind constructive, or moral.
Some Jewish teachers say they were harassed and threatened at national education convention in Portland — OregonLive.com
Jewish teachers from around the country say they were belittled by their fellow educators during the National Education Association’s convention in Portland earlier this month.
apple.news
July 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Friends—There is a deep need for interfaith expressions of love and kindness. Show your Jewish friends some love.
Embarrassing that this merits mention: Harassing of Jewish Americans strictly or largely because they are Jewish is not progressive, liberal, strategic, kind constructive, or moral.
Embarrassing that this merits mention: Harassing of Jewish Americans strictly or largely because they are Jewish is not progressive, liberal, strategic, kind constructive, or moral.
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Ouch. 💔
July 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Ouch. 💔
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Public broadcasting has enriched so many of our lives from providing us critical news and information to free, accessible entertainment for all ages.
The Senate must stand up to stop Trump's $1 billion cuts to these critical programs.
The Senate must stand up to stop Trump's $1 billion cuts to these critical programs.
July 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Public broadcasting has enriched so many of our lives from providing us critical news and information to free, accessible entertainment for all ages.
The Senate must stand up to stop Trump's $1 billion cuts to these critical programs.
The Senate must stand up to stop Trump's $1 billion cuts to these critical programs.