J.M. Simmons
@jmartinsimmons.bsky.social
Former Republican.
Current independent.
Center/Center-Right.
Anti-Trump/Anti-Trumpism.
Current independent.
Center/Center-Right.
Anti-Trump/Anti-Trumpism.
Pinned
“I have always believed that wise progressivism and wise conservatism go hand in hand.” ~Theodore Roosevelt
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WaPo editorial board: It is a valid fear that the case against Bolton is a fresh instance of the old Soviet saying, “Show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime.” It comes against the backdrop of federal investigators looking for dirt on other Trump critics. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | FBI raid targeting Bolton crosses a line in the Trump revenge campaign
This case underscores the danger of putting partisan hacks in top law enforcement jobs.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
WaPo editorial board: It is a valid fear that the case against Bolton is a fresh instance of the old Soviet saying, “Show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime.” It comes against the backdrop of federal investigators looking for dirt on other Trump critics. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Conservatives used to say that character mattered. Bragging about grabbing women by the “pussy” used to matter. So did sedition, fraud, graft, and chronic lying.
Ten years on, they are our daily companions, and we almost numb to it. Ten years on, nothing matters.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Ten years on, they are our daily companions, and we almost numb to it. Ten years on, nothing matters.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Ten Years of Trump
The world turned upside down.
open.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Conservatives used to say that character mattered. Bragging about grabbing women by the “pussy” used to matter. So did sedition, fraud, graft, and chronic lying.
Ten years on, they are our daily companions, and we almost numb to it. Ten years on, nothing matters.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Ten years on, they are our daily companions, and we almost numb to it. Ten years on, nothing matters.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Conservatives badly outnumber liberals so to win elections, Democrats need to win large majorities of self-identified moderates.
Ignore issue polling, say what you want, and let politicians cook — just be aware that’s what the landscape looks like.
Ignore issue polling, say what you want, and let politicians cook — just be aware that’s what the landscape looks like.
April 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Conservatives badly outnumber liberals so to win elections, Democrats need to win large majorities of self-identified moderates.
Ignore issue polling, say what you want, and let politicians cook — just be aware that’s what the landscape looks like.
Ignore issue polling, say what you want, and let politicians cook — just be aware that’s what the landscape looks like.
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“Mommy, no. Mommy.”
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“Mommy, no. Mommy.”
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
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From Fox’s Chief National Security reporter. Who can’t seem to get any airtime lately. For some reason.
March 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
From Fox’s Chief National Security reporter. Who can’t seem to get any airtime lately. For some reason.
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Over 10 million more people could be infected with HIV and nearly 3 million people could die by the end of the decade because of foreign aid cuts by Western governments, new research published today found.
Nearly 3M HIV deaths due to foreign aid cuts, study forecasts
Researchers warn that decades of progress in HIV treatment and prevention could be undone.
www.politico.eu
March 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Over 10 million more people could be infected with HIV and nearly 3 million people could die by the end of the decade because of foreign aid cuts by Western governments, new research published today found.
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NEW—After a day of uncertainty on where agents took Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, she appears to be in a Louisiana facility.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
WATCH: The Moment Masked ICE Agents Arrested Tufts Graduate Student Who Spoke Out in Support of Palestine
“I can buy that badge from a fucking costume store,” says a witness to the “kidnapping” of Rumeysa Ozturk as she was on her way to break her Ramadan fast.
zeteo.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
NEW—After a day of uncertainty on where agents took Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, she appears to be in a Louisiana facility.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
Exclusive: DOGE staffer, 'Big Balls', provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show - www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
Exclusive: DOGE staffer, 'Big Balls', provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show
The best-known member of Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Exclusive: DOGE staffer, 'Big Balls', provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show - www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
If this were Harris and Soros, Republicans would be losing their minds.
JUST POSTED:
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest
nyti.ms/4inqIP8
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest
nyti.ms/4inqIP8
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China (Gift Article)
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.
nyti.ms
March 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
If this were Harris and Soros, Republicans would be losing their minds.
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"The United States is now so unreliable an ally, in other words, that a nation at war might be better off holding onto its territory and letting it be bombed by Russia than trusting it to American stewardship."
Kill Switch
Don't trust Americans.
thedispatch.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"The United States is now so unreliable an ally, in other words, that a nation at war might be better off holding onto its territory and letting it be bombed by Russia than trusting it to American stewardship."
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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
If the stimulus checks actually happen, everyone should donate some or all of their stimulus money to one of the following charities:
Ukrainian Freedom Fund
United Help Ukraine
Razon for Ukraine
Nova Ukraine
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Ukrainian Freedom Fund
United Help Ukraine
Razon for Ukraine
Nova Ukraine
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Could $5,000 DOGE stimulus checks really happen? Here's what we know.
President Trump has floated the idea of giving taxpayers a $5,000 refund check as a dividend from savings created by DOGE. Here's what to know.
www.usatoday.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
If the stimulus checks actually happen, everyone should donate some or all of their stimulus money to one of the following charities:
Ukrainian Freedom Fund
United Help Ukraine
Razon for Ukraine
Nova Ukraine
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Ukrainian Freedom Fund
United Help Ukraine
Razon for Ukraine
Nova Ukraine
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
