Jerry Shaver
@jerryshaver.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Layabout. I mostly talk politics, baseball, and movies/TV, particularly Star Trek, Marvel, and related geeky stuff. Unless I actually know you, don't DM me. I have a real quick blocking finger.
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It's not enough for people to realize that trump has lied to them. They need to understand that the media that sold trump to them has also been lying to them...about everything.
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
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Sir, this is a McDonald’s.
Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability."
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Sir, this is a McDonald’s.
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“Time and again, these agents — and the broader DHS and White House policies behind it — are being exposed not for their strength, but their weakness. Ordinary Americas are stronger — braver and better.”
Must read (and subscribe) from @vermontgmg.bsky.social:
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
Must read (and subscribe) from @vermontgmg.bsky.social:
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Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“Time and again, these agents — and the broader DHS and White House policies behind it — are being exposed not for their strength, but their weakness. Ordinary Americas are stronger — braver and better.”
Must read (and subscribe) from @vermontgmg.bsky.social:
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
Must read (and subscribe) from @vermontgmg.bsky.social:
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
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They’re not going after criminals. “Criminals don’t get up and go to work and pay their bills.”
These are not criminals; they’re hard-working people.
EVERY LAST WORD OF THIS🔥
These are not criminals; they’re hard-working people.
EVERY LAST WORD OF THIS🔥
November 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
They’re not going after criminals. “Criminals don’t get up and go to work and pay their bills.”
These are not criminals; they’re hard-working people.
EVERY LAST WORD OF THIS🔥
These are not criminals; they’re hard-working people.
EVERY LAST WORD OF THIS🔥
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College students experience unique and disproportionate obstacles in almost every step of the election administration process.
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/inside-...
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/inside-...
Inside the GOP’s Assault on Youth Voting Rights
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
College students experience unique and disproportionate obstacles in almost every step of the election administration process.
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/inside-...
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/inside-...
Basically, all of trump's schtick is based on being an outsider, and once he got in and failed to produce, the conspiracy theorists started figuring that he's part of the conspiracy, as conspiracy theorists do.
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-leopar...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-leopar...
The Leopard Is Eating Trump’s Face
And it’s still hungry.
www.thebulwark.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Basically, all of trump's schtick is based on being an outsider, and once he got in and failed to produce, the conspiracy theorists started figuring that he's part of the conspiracy, as conspiracy theorists do.
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-leopar...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-leopar...
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My family will stand outside a Latino church on Christmas morning to protect the people inside.
Is there anything more Christian to do on Christmas?
C’mon, let’s do this everywhere.
Is there anything more Christian to do on Christmas?
C’mon, let’s do this everywhere.
They
Can’t
Hit
Stephen
Miller’s
Quotas
But every escalation provokes a more hellacious & determined resistance.
Can’t
Hit
Stephen
Miller’s
Quotas
But every escalation provokes a more hellacious & determined resistance.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
My family will stand outside a Latino church on Christmas morning to protect the people inside.
Is there anything more Christian to do on Christmas?
C’mon, let’s do this everywhere.
Is there anything more Christian to do on Christmas?
C’mon, let’s do this everywhere.
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I saw that one post earlier about how the stakes weren't properly described to voters in 2024 but didn't get a chance to comment on it before it got deleted.
How can anyone say that with a straight face? They were talked about constantly! Project 2025 was discussed every night during the DNC.
How can anyone say that with a straight face? They were talked about constantly! Project 2025 was discussed every night during the DNC.
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I saw that one post earlier about how the stakes weren't properly described to voters in 2024 but didn't get a chance to comment on it before it got deleted.
How can anyone say that with a straight face? They were talked about constantly! Project 2025 was discussed every night during the DNC.
How can anyone say that with a straight face? They were talked about constantly! Project 2025 was discussed every night during the DNC.
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I'm not minimizing any of the countless other reasons he should be drafting his resignation.
It's that he said this to a woman. In her workplace. In front of her colleagues. While she does her job.
It's a disgrace. He owes her an apology, and so do all of his voters, frankly.
It's that he said this to a woman. In her workplace. In front of her colleagues. While she does her job.
It's a disgrace. He owes her an apology, and so do all of his voters, frankly.
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I'm not minimizing any of the countless other reasons he should be drafting his resignation.
It's that he said this to a woman. In her workplace. In front of her colleagues. While she does her job.
It's a disgrace. He owes her an apology, and so do all of his voters, frankly.
It's that he said this to a woman. In her workplace. In front of her colleagues. While she does her job.
It's a disgrace. He owes her an apology, and so do all of his voters, frankly.
Seems like those of us who said at the time that DHS and ICE were terrible ideas are being proved right.
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Seems like those of us who said at the time that DHS and ICE were terrible ideas are being proved right.
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this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
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The Voting Rights Act passed before Donald Trump was old enough to vote. He’s almost 80 years old. Alito was 15 when it passed. Roberts was 10.
We’re not dealing with George Wallace & Jesse Helms. These guys sought out something to be pissed about, mostly bc they’re whiney, racist cosplaying fucks
We’re not dealing with George Wallace & Jesse Helms. These guys sought out something to be pissed about, mostly bc they’re whiney, racist cosplaying fucks
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The Voting Rights Act passed before Donald Trump was old enough to vote. He’s almost 80 years old. Alito was 15 when it passed. Roberts was 10.
We’re not dealing with George Wallace & Jesse Helms. These guys sought out something to be pissed about, mostly bc they’re whiney, racist cosplaying fucks
We’re not dealing with George Wallace & Jesse Helms. These guys sought out something to be pissed about, mostly bc they’re whiney, racist cosplaying fucks
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Vought was born 11 years after the Voting Rights Act passed & grew up in Connecticut
Miller was born 20 years after the Voting Rights Act passed & grew up in Santa Monica
They’re not motivated by nostalgia. They’re not revanchists. They’re not trying to regain lost status
They’re just evil fucks
Miller was born 20 years after the Voting Rights Act passed & grew up in Santa Monica
They’re not motivated by nostalgia. They’re not revanchists. They’re not trying to regain lost status
They’re just evil fucks
Many of them are remaking the federal government right now.
there are quite a few white folks who vividly recall and rather miss Jim Crow alive and voting in this country right now
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Vought was born 11 years after the Voting Rights Act passed & grew up in Connecticut
Miller was born 20 years after the Voting Rights Act passed & grew up in Santa Monica
They’re not motivated by nostalgia. They’re not revanchists. They’re not trying to regain lost status
They’re just evil fucks
Miller was born 20 years after the Voting Rights Act passed & grew up in Santa Monica
They’re not motivated by nostalgia. They’re not revanchists. They’re not trying to regain lost status
They’re just evil fucks
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Have we hit bottom yet?
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Have we hit bottom yet?
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They are still protesting citizen Kamala Harris while the guy in the White House is begging the president of Israel to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu… and after Trump and Elon helped kill hundreds of thousands .. so far..
And yet they can’t find time to go after Trump, Miller, Elon…
It’s always racism
And yet they can’t find time to go after Trump, Miller, Elon…
It’s always racism
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
They are still protesting citizen Kamala Harris while the guy in the White House is begging the president of Israel to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu… and after Trump and Elon helped kill hundreds of thousands .. so far..
And yet they can’t find time to go after Trump, Miller, Elon…
It’s always racism
And yet they can’t find time to go after Trump, Miller, Elon…
It’s always racism
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White students shouted racial slurs and carried a confederate flag leading up to Homecoming at a Georgia school
They faced no repercussions
Their Black classmates-along with white allies-planned to protest the following day
The Black students-alone-were suspended
thehill.com/changing-ame...
They faced no repercussions
Their Black classmates-along with white allies-planned to protest the following day
The Black students-alone-were suspended
thehill.com/changing-ame...
After white students displayed Confederate flag at school, Black students suspended for planning protest
Black students were suspended from their high school for planning a protest after another group of students came to school waving a Confederate flag. Last week, a group of students at Coosa Hi…
thehill.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:49 AM
White students shouted racial slurs and carried a confederate flag leading up to Homecoming at a Georgia school
They faced no repercussions
Their Black classmates-along with white allies-planned to protest the following day
The Black students-alone-were suspended
thehill.com/changing-ame...
They faced no repercussions
Their Black classmates-along with white allies-planned to protest the following day
The Black students-alone-were suspended
thehill.com/changing-ame...
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Rep. Shontel Brown, ladies and gentlemen. 👏👏👏
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Rep. Shontel Brown, ladies and gentlemen. 👏👏👏
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The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalised him www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalised him
Long after his conviction for sexual abuse, people in royalty, academia, business, journalism and politics sought his ear
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalised him www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This is the beginning of the end of maga
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is the beginning of the end of maga
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Translation: The Epstein files exposes what a sleeze Trump is and Republicans don't give a CRAP the donors listed in the Epstein files are still raping kids.
Barrasso won't commit to holding a Senate vote on an Epstein files measure and says, "this is not about truth, this is about an attempt by the Democrats to make President Trump a lame duck president and I'm not gonna aid and abet them in their effort to do that."
November 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Translation: The Epstein files exposes what a sleeze Trump is and Republicans don't give a CRAP the donors listed in the Epstein files are still raping kids.
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Nick Fuentes is a Nazi white supremacist.
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Nick Fuentes is a Nazi white supremacist.