Jesseb Adam
@jessebadam.bsky.social
Engage the mind. | Understand the heart. | Be willing to be wrong. | Christian, Husband, Father, Lover, Teacher, Thinker, Reader, Man.
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Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways
February 16, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways
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GOP Rep Lauren Boebert is again claiming credit for spending projects in her district after voting against them. In 2024, she told me she'd vote no even if she was the deciding vote.
February 6, 2026 at 2:06 AM
GOP Rep Lauren Boebert is again claiming credit for spending projects in her district after voting against them. In 2024, she told me she'd vote no even if she was the deciding vote.
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It’s weird how the “if you haven’t done anything wrong then you don’t have anything to worry about” crowd is trying to illegally shield what they’re doing from journalists who are acting 100% within their rights and the law.
We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
January 29, 2026 at 3:50 PM
It’s weird how the “if you haven’t done anything wrong then you don’t have anything to worry about” crowd is trying to illegally shield what they’re doing from journalists who are acting 100% within their rights and the law.
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At the 1948 Democratic National Convention, Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey gave a historic speech that mapped out the future for a Democratic Party that rejected its Dixiecrat/segregationist elements and embraced the anti-fascist ideal of fundamental human equality. youtu.be/8nwIdIUVFm4?...
Hubert Humphrey 1948 Civil Rights Speech
YouTube video by AmericanSpeeches
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 4:34 PM
At the 1948 Democratic National Convention, Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey gave a historic speech that mapped out the future for a Democratic Party that rejected its Dixiecrat/segregationist elements and embraced the anti-fascist ideal of fundamental human equality. youtu.be/8nwIdIUVFm4?...
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This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
January 26, 2026 at 4:01 AM
This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
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New at The Watch:
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
Two cities under siege
Remarkably similar scenes from Boston and Minneapolis, 260 years apart, show a federal government betraying its founding principles.
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:44 PM
New at The Watch:
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
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Appreciated this interview with Caitlin Dickerson, and her shout out at the end to Mae Ngai's Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
The Staggering Scale of Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Crackdown
@caitlindickerson.bsky.social, an immigration reporter, explains the different pieces of Trump’s deportation machine.
open.spotify.com/episode/0oRq...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/o...
The Staggering Scale of Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Crackdown
@caitlindickerson.bsky.social, an immigration reporter, explains the different pieces of Trump’s deportation machine.
open.spotify.com/episode/0oRq...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/o...
Opinion | The Staggering Scale of Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Appreciated this interview with Caitlin Dickerson, and her shout out at the end to Mae Ngai's Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I hear Ukraine chose violence as well. Guess Minneapolis should have learned from them. 🤷♂️
Kristi Noem: "In Minneapolis, Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey choose violence. They choose to encourage the destruction of their city. It appears they want this lawlessness to continue."
January 25, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I hear Ukraine chose violence as well. Guess Minneapolis should have learned from them. 🤷♂️
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
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🧵“How do seemingly ordinary people become agents of state murder?” This is one of the guiding questions I ask students in my graduate class on genocide/state violence. With recent events, it is a question many Americans are asking.
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
January 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM
🧵“How do seemingly ordinary people become agents of state murder?” This is one of the guiding questions I ask students in my graduate class on genocide/state violence. With recent events, it is a question many Americans are asking.
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
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Trump: "They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan. ... They stayed a little back, little off the front lines."
Deaths in Afghanistan per million of population:
US: 7.9
Denmark: 7.7
UK: 7.2
Estonia: 6.7
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Deaths in Afghanistan per million of population:
US: 7.9
Denmark: 7.7
UK: 7.2
Estonia: 6.7
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Trump Comments on Afghan-War Veterans Spark Backlash From Allies
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the president’s remarks “insulting and frankly appalling.”
www.wsj.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Trump: "They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan. ... They stayed a little back, little off the front lines."
Deaths in Afghanistan per million of population:
US: 7.9
Denmark: 7.7
UK: 7.2
Estonia: 6.7
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Deaths in Afghanistan per million of population:
US: 7.9
Denmark: 7.7
UK: 7.2
Estonia: 6.7
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
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During the Bicentennial Celebration at Independence Hall on July 4, 1976, President Gerald Ford sat symbolically behind Marian Anderson as she read the text of the Declaration aloud. On this 250th anniversary, the President is ordering factual information about slavery to be removed from that site.
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 11:17 PM
During the Bicentennial Celebration at Independence Hall on July 4, 1976, President Gerald Ford sat symbolically behind Marian Anderson as she read the text of the Declaration aloud. On this 250th anniversary, the President is ordering factual information about slavery to be removed from that site.
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
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Her father faced bribery charges. She donated $2.5M to a pro-Trump Super PAC. Trump's Justice Department gave her father a lenient deal, overruling prosecutors. She gave another $1M. Now Trump has pardoned her dad. @kenvogel.bsky.social @susannecraignyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Her father faced bribery charges. She donated $2.5M to a pro-Trump Super PAC. Trump's Justice Department gave her father a lenient deal, overruling prosecutors. She gave another $1M. Now Trump has pardoned her dad. @kenvogel.bsky.social @susannecraignyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
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It was simple, non-controversial extension on federal loans for a clean drinking water project. Then President Trump killed it to punish an entire state.
Colorado's Republicans and Democrats warned Congressional colleagues today that their community could be targeted next.
Colorado's Republicans and Democrats warned Congressional colleagues today that their community could be targeted next.
January 9, 2026 at 3:27 AM
It was simple, non-controversial extension on federal loans for a clean drinking water project. Then President Trump killed it to punish an entire state.
Colorado's Republicans and Democrats warned Congressional colleagues today that their community could be targeted next.
Colorado's Republicans and Democrats warned Congressional colleagues today that their community could be targeted next.
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
Fear makes us crave certainty, not truth. - Rev. Joseph Yoo
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Fear makes us crave certainty, not truth. - Rev. Joseph Yoo
Perhaps…and this is just a thought…perhaps because the Constitution you swore to uphold literally and explicitly says you can’t…? Maybe…? 🤦♂️🤷♂️
Trump: "Some people say 'Oh, you shouldn't accept gifts for the country.' My attitude is, 'Why wouldn't I accept the gift?'"
May 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Perhaps…and this is just a thought…perhaps because the Constitution you swore to uphold literally and explicitly says you can’t…? Maybe…? 🤦♂️🤷♂️
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I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel
Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
April 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel
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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
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NEW: Colorado lawmakers finalize budget proposal. Here’s what they cut to close $1.2B gap — and what they didn’t.
Colorado lawmakers finalize budget proposal. Here’s what they cut to close $1.2B gap — and what they didn’t.
The cuts will enable the state to absorb the rising costs of Medicaid and fully fund K-12 for another year. But they didn’t eliminate the state’s structural deficit, which will require ongoing cuts…
coloradosun.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
NEW: Colorado lawmakers finalize budget proposal. Here’s what they cut to close $1.2B gap — and what they didn’t.
