Jonathan
@jmcrookston.bsky.social
Litigator. Biochem. ♿rights #COVIDisAirborne 🌬️🔅. wear N95. A founder of www.COVIDIsAirborne.org & its-airborne.org so many years ago
MAIN ACCOUNT: https://mastodon.social/@jmcrookston. This place is funded by crypto so I don't expect it to
MAIN ACCOUNT: https://mastodon.social/@jmcrookston. This place is funded by crypto so I don't expect it to
So Trump is removing tariffs first of all because it will reduce prices which he said would not go up because of the tariffs because foreign people pay them.
One of the things he's removing tarotson is bananas, which aren't even made in the United States. So why tariff in the first place? 🤷
One of the things he's removing tarotson is bananas, which aren't even made in the United States. So why tariff in the first place? 🤷
November 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
So Trump is removing tariffs first of all because it will reduce prices which he said would not go up because of the tariffs because foreign people pay them.
One of the things he's removing tarotson is bananas, which aren't even made in the United States. So why tariff in the first place? 🤷
One of the things he's removing tarotson is bananas, which aren't even made in the United States. So why tariff in the first place? 🤷
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Clear writing helps get your point across.
Instead of
"Tesla sales slump because of Musk's endorsement of the far-right"
Try
"Tesla sales slump because Musk is a bloody Nazi"
Instead of
"Tesla sales slump because of Musk's endorsement of the far-right"
Try
"Tesla sales slump because Musk is a bloody Nazi"
February 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Clear writing helps get your point across.
Instead of
"Tesla sales slump because of Musk's endorsement of the far-right"
Try
"Tesla sales slump because Musk is a bloody Nazi"
Instead of
"Tesla sales slump because of Musk's endorsement of the far-right"
Try
"Tesla sales slump because Musk is a bloody Nazi"
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"Our people"
"The drill sergeant was so incredible that he ended up starring in the movie, and he should have gotten the Academy Award, by the way, but he didn’t. That’s because Hollywood discriminates against our people. (Applause.) "
- Trump, 2019
trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-st...
"The drill sergeant was so incredible that he ended up starring in the movie, and he should have gotten the Academy Award, by the way, but he didn’t. That’s because Hollywood discriminates against our people. (Applause.) "
- Trump, 2019
trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-st...
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February 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Our people"
"The drill sergeant was so incredible that he ended up starring in the movie, and he should have gotten the Academy Award, by the way, but he didn’t. That’s because Hollywood discriminates against our people. (Applause.) "
- Trump, 2019
trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-st...
"The drill sergeant was so incredible that he ended up starring in the movie, and he should have gotten the Academy Award, by the way, but he didn’t. That’s because Hollywood discriminates against our people. (Applause.) "
- Trump, 2019
trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-st...
Got all my vaccinations so I am safe from RFK Jr for another year.
PHEW
PHEW
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Got all my vaccinations so I am safe from RFK Jr for another year.
PHEW
PHEW
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$40 Billion to Argentina so Milei can dance like Trump at Mar-a-lago but they’re suing not to feed hungry Americans and they’ll let your health care premiums skyrocket
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
$40 Billion to Argentina so Milei can dance like Trump at Mar-a-lago but they’re suing not to feed hungry Americans and they’ll let your health care premiums skyrocket
All Trump has to do to reopen the government is step down and return all the funds that he has stolen from the American people.
That's all. Then the government can be reopened. So easy.
That's all. Then the government can be reopened. So easy.
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
All Trump has to do to reopen the government is step down and return all the funds that he has stolen from the American people.
That's all. Then the government can be reopened. So easy.
That's all. Then the government can be reopened. So easy.
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From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, Trump and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.
Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their…
www.motherjones.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, Trump and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.
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Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social, with @newyorker.com
By @andykroll.bsky.social, with @newyorker.com
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that…
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social, with @newyorker.com
By @andykroll.bsky.social, with @newyorker.com
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CNN: “You ripped Biden for using the auto pen — Trump just told 60 Minutes he knew nothing about pardoning a crypto billionaire who pled guilty to 💵 laundering (for terrorists… he then helped Trump’s business).”
SPINELESS SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I don’t know anything about that.”🙈
SPINELESS SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I don’t know anything about that.”🙈
November 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
CNN: “You ripped Biden for using the auto pen — Trump just told 60 Minutes he knew nothing about pardoning a crypto billionaire who pled guilty to 💵 laundering (for terrorists… he then helped Trump’s business).”
SPINELESS SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I don’t know anything about that.”🙈
SPINELESS SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I don’t know anything about that.”🙈
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"According to Air and Space Forces magazine, soldiers with a religious exemption from shaving, like many Sikhs and Muslims, will be permitted to serve but flagged as “non-deployable,” which would “essentially end their careers” by making them subject to termination"
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"According to Air and Space Forces magazine, soldiers with a religious exemption from shaving, like many Sikhs and Muslims, will be permitted to serve but flagged as “non-deployable,” which would “essentially end their careers” by making them subject to termination"
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The Washington Post is full of annoying traits -- the writing being one of them for many people that live near their posts.
Research (I did my own) suggests WaPo's noise can actually impact health.
Research (I did my own) suggests WaPo's noise can actually impact health.
November 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Washington Post is full of annoying traits -- the writing being one of them for many people that live near their posts.
Research (I did my own) suggests WaPo's noise can actually impact health.
Research (I did my own) suggests WaPo's noise can actually impact health.
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Holy hell they're testing air filtration in chicken barns to prevent avian flu.
These people are only more than 100 years behind the times!
🤡
These people are only more than 100 years behind the times!
🤡
November 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Holy hell they're testing air filtration in chicken barns to prevent avian flu.
These people are only more than 100 years behind the times!
🤡
These people are only more than 100 years behind the times!
🤡
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So have the Paris police caught George Clooney yet for putting together that spectacular last heist before everybody retires from a life of crime?
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So have the Paris police caught George Clooney yet for putting together that spectacular last heist before everybody retires from a life of crime?
Holy hell they're testing air filtration in chicken barns to prevent avian flu.
These people are only more than 100 years behind the times!
🤡
These people are only more than 100 years behind the times!
🤡
November 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Holy hell they're testing air filtration in chicken barns to prevent avian flu.
These people are only more than 100 years behind the times!
🤡
These people are only more than 100 years behind the times!
🤡
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The lies are endless. Pardoning Zhao helped boost the Trump family crypto business. Everything is a grift.
November 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The lies are endless. Pardoning Zhao helped boost the Trump family crypto business. Everything is a grift.
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According to a complaint filed in federal court after the incident, a federal agent violated an existing court order (against using excessive force on journalists and demonstrators) by pointing a gun in a veteran’s face, saying “Bang, bang” and “You’re dead, liberal.” trib.al/B7MkpAu
November 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
According to a complaint filed in federal court after the incident, a federal agent violated an existing court order (against using excessive force on journalists and demonstrators) by pointing a gun in a veteran’s face, saying “Bang, bang” and “You’re dead, liberal.” trib.al/B7MkpAu
Trump ‘Lost in Japan’? Video Shows Awkward Moment With PM Takichi
YouTube video by CRUX
youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
So have the Paris police caught George Clooney yet for putting together that spectacular last heist before everybody retires from a life of crime?
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So have the Paris police caught George Clooney yet for putting together that spectacular last heist before everybody retires from a life of crime?
"For instance, investor faith in the AI boom was rattled in August when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology published research showing that 95% of organisations are getting zero return from their investments in generative AI pilots"
Zero return on investment is good, right?
Bueller? Bueller?
Zero return on investment is good, right?
Bueller? Bueller?
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"For instance, investor faith in the AI boom was rattled in August when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology published research showing that 95% of organisations are getting zero return from their investments in generative AI pilots"
Zero return on investment is good, right?
Bueller? Bueller?
Zero return on investment is good, right?
Bueller? Bueller?
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Kristi Noem claims that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. We're calling BS.
More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents
ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.
www.motherjones.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Kristi Noem claims that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. We're calling BS.
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
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AP: “A U.S. Senate investigation report released by @ossoff.senate.gov has uncovered dozens of credible reports of medical neglect and poor conditions in immigration detention centers nationwide…” apnews.com/article/immi...
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
AP: “A U.S. Senate investigation report released by @ossoff.senate.gov has uncovered dozens of credible reports of medical neglect and poor conditions in immigration detention centers nationwide…” apnews.com/article/immi...
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Is David Brooks on here so that I can tell him to delete his account?
November 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Is David Brooks on here so that I can tell him to delete his account?
Is David Brooks on here so that I can tell him to delete his account?
November 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Is David Brooks on here so that I can tell him to delete his account?
Kash Patel recently announced that they thwarted a potential violent attack but it turned out the FBI had just flagged his own e-mails with Trump
November 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Kash Patel recently announced that they thwarted a potential violent attack but it turned out the FBI had just flagged his own e-mails with Trump