Jon Owen
@jonahood.bsky.social
Stay-at-home dad in Salt Lake City with 2 boys and one attorney-wife. Ex game developer for Red Storm. Ex-president of the Utah Autism Coalition. Chicken farmer. Bad disc golfer. Tennessean. FAPE supporter. Pork smoker. Okra fryer. Rice Owl. TTRPG nut.
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#TN7 — REP. @aftynbehn.bsky.social To @joyannreid.bsky.social : “Ban congressional stock trading. It’s disgusting when members walk out of Congress as millionaires."
She's endorsed by End Citizens United, doesn't take corporate PAC or AIPAC💰 — will🤖Van Epps’ billionaire donors let him say this?
She's endorsed by End Citizens United, doesn't take corporate PAC or AIPAC💰 — will🤖Van Epps’ billionaire donors let him say this?
November 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
#TN7 — REP. @aftynbehn.bsky.social To @joyannreid.bsky.social : “Ban congressional stock trading. It’s disgusting when members walk out of Congress as millionaires."
She's endorsed by End Citizens United, doesn't take corporate PAC or AIPAC💰 — will🤖Van Epps’ billionaire donors let him say this?
She's endorsed by End Citizens United, doesn't take corporate PAC or AIPAC💰 — will🤖Van Epps’ billionaire donors let him say this?
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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Hegseth issued an illegal Caribbean strike order: “Kill them all.”
SEAL Team 6 hit the boat and saw survivors clinging to the wreckage.
Commanders then ordered a second strike to finish them off.
Killing survivors is blatantly illegal.
#WarCrimes
SEAL Team 6 hit the boat and saw survivors clinging to the wreckage.
Commanders then ordered a second strike to finish them off.
Killing survivors is blatantly illegal.
#WarCrimes
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Hegseth issued an illegal Caribbean strike order: “Kill them all.”
SEAL Team 6 hit the boat and saw survivors clinging to the wreckage.
Commanders then ordered a second strike to finish them off.
Killing survivors is blatantly illegal.
#WarCrimes
SEAL Team 6 hit the boat and saw survivors clinging to the wreckage.
Commanders then ordered a second strike to finish them off.
Killing survivors is blatantly illegal.
#WarCrimes
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🧵A court security guard at the Licht Judicial Complex in Providence, Rhode Island, noticed a masked man taking photographs inside the courtroom.
A few minutes later, ICE agents arrested a high school-age boy outside the courthouse and placed him in handcuffs.
But...
A few minutes later, ICE agents arrested a high school-age boy outside the courthouse and placed him in handcuffs.
But...
November 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🧵A court security guard at the Licht Judicial Complex in Providence, Rhode Island, noticed a masked man taking photographs inside the courtroom.
A few minutes later, ICE agents arrested a high school-age boy outside the courthouse and placed him in handcuffs.
But...
A few minutes later, ICE agents arrested a high school-age boy outside the courthouse and placed him in handcuffs.
But...
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It’s the busiest shopping period of the year, so we’re hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It’s the busiest shopping period of the year, so we’re hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
Afghanis who worked with the US have earned our gratitude and support. We should give it not just so people will help us in the future, but because it’s the right thing to do. This is blatantly wrong.
THIS! NOW! HURRY!!!! Call Congress 202-224-3121
He saves our soldiers lives FOR 14 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!
DO NOT LET ICE DEPORT HIM BACK TO AFGHANISTAN!!!
He saves our soldiers lives FOR 14 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!
DO NOT LET ICE DEPORT HIM BACK TO AFGHANISTAN!!!
Afghan asylum seeker who fought the Taliban now held by ICE in Missouri
A Kansas City-based immigration attorney has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Mohammad Ali Dadfar’s warrantless arrest and detention. Hundreds of immigrant detainees have been ordered released beca...
thebeaconnews.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Afghanis who worked with the US have earned our gratitude and support. We should give it not just so people will help us in the future, but because it’s the right thing to do. This is blatantly wrong.
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Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
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This is lunacy. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is, at best, an environmental lawyer. He has no experience or degree in medicine or science.
This is tantamount to me, an English major, giving NASA a Post-It outlining how they should revise their entire approach to the astrophysics of dark energy.
This is tantamount to me, an English major, giving NASA a Post-It outlining how they should revise their entire approach to the astrophysics of dark energy.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is lunacy. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is, at best, an environmental lawyer. He has no experience or degree in medicine or science.
This is tantamount to me, an English major, giving NASA a Post-It outlining how they should revise their entire approach to the astrophysics of dark energy.
This is tantamount to me, an English major, giving NASA a Post-It outlining how they should revise their entire approach to the astrophysics of dark energy.
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This is fu*king outrageous!
The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.
apnews.com/article/utah...
The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.
apnews.com/article/utah...
Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses
The federal government has dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines worth thousands of dollars during the pandemic.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is fu*king outrageous!
The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.
apnews.com/article/utah...
The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.
apnews.com/article/utah...
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Just because you fire everyone who says what you want to do is illegal…doesn’t make it legal.
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
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It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Just because you fire everyone who says what you want to do is illegal…doesn’t make it legal.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Who does that leave? Russia? Saudi Arabia?
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Who does that leave? Russia? Saudi Arabia?
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Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
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Here's a🧵about the San Francisco Egg Wars of the 1800s. It has bloody gunfights, marauding pirates, a bunch of (literally) batshit deaths & some nasty looking eggs...
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Here's a🧵about the San Francisco Egg Wars of the 1800s. It has bloody gunfights, marauding pirates, a bunch of (literally) batshit deaths & some nasty looking eggs...
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They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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🧵 Let’s be so effing for real right now. The Department of Education saying these jobs are no longer PROFESSIONAL is dumb as hell and insulting as fuck. It takes YEARS of post-graduate training, including passing certifying exams, to earn degrees in these fields. #fdt #momsky
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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ICYMI — NBC: “The senior military lawyer for the combatant command overseeing lethal strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela disagreed with Trump that the operations are lawful — and his views were sidelined…” www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
ICYMI — NBC: “The senior military lawyer for the combatant command overseeing lethal strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela disagreed with Trump that the operations are lawful — and his views were sidelined…” www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
One of my sons has autism. If you are worried about vaccines, please read “Autism’s False Prophets” by Paul Offit. IMO RFK jr is the same kind of huckster described there. It’s insane that he has any position of influence.
The new CDC page suggesting that vaccines could cause autism makes 10 mentions of aluminum. Experts I talked to said taking it out would crash half of the childhood schedule immediately:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/h...
Trump Rattles Vaccine Experts Over Aluminum
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
One of my sons has autism. If you are worried about vaccines, please read “Autism’s False Prophets” by Paul Offit. IMO RFK jr is the same kind of huckster described there. It’s insane that he has any position of influence.
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