Jon Bell
@jusbellum.bsky.social
I'm not important and don't really matter. My group is not important and matters as much as I do. Our words stand on their own. Citing authorities as support for a position is logic fault. Think for yourself.
Hey Reich!
Regarding your 'as wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running', see this:
Regarding your 'as wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running', see this:
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Hey Reich!
Regarding your 'as wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running', see this:
Regarding your 'as wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running', see this:
'The left has a problem with political violence' is true statement if/only if one were to see the matter through a highly petty partisan lens.
USA has a problem with political violence is more accurate.
Don't promote a petty partisan approach.
USA has a problem with political violence is more accurate.
Don't promote a petty partisan approach.
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
'The left has a problem with political violence' is true statement if/only if one were to see the matter through a highly petty partisan lens.
USA has a problem with political violence is more accurate.
Don't promote a petty partisan approach.
USA has a problem with political violence is more accurate.
Don't promote a petty partisan approach.
1/4
You know, do you not, the whole of the Epstein file matter is a distraction by Trump to get you to focus on meaningless, albeit entertainingly salacious, shit?
There is far more meaningful shit going down in USA that deserves your attention than the files.
...
You know, do you not, the whole of the Epstein file matter is a distraction by Trump to get you to focus on meaningless, albeit entertainingly salacious, shit?
There is far more meaningful shit going down in USA that deserves your attention than the files.
...
Trump Gives Himself an Enormous Out on the Epstein Files talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Trump Gives Himself an Enormous Out on the Epstein Files
Epstein Politics Shift on the Hill President Trump’s absurd effort to avoid...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
1/4
You know, do you not, the whole of the Epstein file matter is a distraction by Trump to get you to focus on meaningless, albeit entertainingly salacious, shit?
There is far more meaningful shit going down in USA that deserves your attention than the files.
...
You know, do you not, the whole of the Epstein file matter is a distraction by Trump to get you to focus on meaningless, albeit entertainingly salacious, shit?
There is far more meaningful shit going down in USA that deserves your attention than the files.
...
1/3
What would you have those in the literal room say?
Do you seriously think anything those in the literal room could have said would make any difference?
Now, move from the literal room to the metaphorical room, i.e., the whole of USA.
How about those folks, including you, doing some ...
What would you have those in the literal room say?
Do you seriously think anything those in the literal room could have said would make any difference?
Now, move from the literal room to the metaphorical room, i.e., the whole of USA.
How about those folks, including you, doing some ...
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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What would you have those in the literal room say?
Do you seriously think anything those in the literal room could have said would make any difference?
Now, move from the literal room to the metaphorical room, i.e., the whole of USA.
How about those folks, including you, doing some ...
What would you have those in the literal room say?
Do you seriously think anything those in the literal room could have said would make any difference?
Now, move from the literal room to the metaphorical room, i.e., the whole of USA.
How about those folks, including you, doing some ...
1/3
Terms like 'stormtroopers' and 'goons' are a) not helpful (unless you aspire to be a Goebbels) and b) actually anti-helpful.
1 - Your dealing with some highly Asched, Milgramed, and MICEed ICE, CBP, DHS individuals. Pejoratives won't work.
2 - 'Stormtroopers'/'goons' may inspire ...
Terms like 'stormtroopers' and 'goons' are a) not helpful (unless you aspire to be a Goebbels) and b) actually anti-helpful.
1 - Your dealing with some highly Asched, Milgramed, and MICEed ICE, CBP, DHS individuals. Pejoratives won't work.
2 - 'Stormtroopers'/'goons' may inspire ...
Meanwhile, in Oak Park, IL, the community is now fully mobilized for effective, non-violent engagement against TrumpBovino's stormtroopers, who have recently been spotted terrorizing Girl Scouts.
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
1/3
Terms like 'stormtroopers' and 'goons' are a) not helpful (unless you aspire to be a Goebbels) and b) actually anti-helpful.
1 - Your dealing with some highly Asched, Milgramed, and MICEed ICE, CBP, DHS individuals. Pejoratives won't work.
2 - 'Stormtroopers'/'goons' may inspire ...
Terms like 'stormtroopers' and 'goons' are a) not helpful (unless you aspire to be a Goebbels) and b) actually anti-helpful.
1 - Your dealing with some highly Asched, Milgramed, and MICEed ICE, CBP, DHS individuals. Pejoratives won't work.
2 - 'Stormtroopers'/'goons' may inspire ...
1/4
Polumbo's 'I missed ...' is either rather naive, interestingly unlearned, or extremely 1L.
There's a lot 'in' USA's Constitution that isn't literally in USA's Constitution.
What's not literally in USA's Constitution yet 'in' Constitution is function of construction.
...
Polumbo's 'I missed ...' is either rather naive, interestingly unlearned, or extremely 1L.
There's a lot 'in' USA's Constitution that isn't literally in USA's Constitution.
What's not literally in USA's Constitution yet 'in' Constitution is function of construction.
...
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
1/4
Polumbo's 'I missed ...' is either rather naive, interestingly unlearned, or extremely 1L.
There's a lot 'in' USA's Constitution that isn't literally in USA's Constitution.
What's not literally in USA's Constitution yet 'in' Constitution is function of construction.
...
Polumbo's 'I missed ...' is either rather naive, interestingly unlearned, or extremely 1L.
There's a lot 'in' USA's Constitution that isn't literally in USA's Constitution.
What's not literally in USA's Constitution yet 'in' Constitution is function of construction.
...
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If USA were a bona fide 'majority rule minority rights' kind of democracy, the fact a 'majority of Americans' view something one way or another might be meaningful.
Thing is, the wants, needs, interests, etc. of USAians are run through so many representative, petty partisan, and special ...
If USA were a bona fide 'majority rule minority rights' kind of democracy, the fact a 'majority of Americans' view something one way or another might be meaningful.
Thing is, the wants, needs, interests, etc. of USAians are run through so many representative, petty partisan, and special ...
According to an AP-NORC poll only about two-thirds of Republicans, 68%, said they approve of Trump’s government management, down from 81% in March. Independents’ approval dropped from 38% to 25%.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
More Americans are unhappy with the way Trump is managing the government, AP-NORC poll shows
A new AP-NORC poll finds U.S. adults’ opinions of how President Donald Trump is managing the federal government have dropped sharply since early in his second term, highlighting the risks posed by the...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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If USA were a bona fide 'majority rule minority rights' kind of democracy, the fact a 'majority of Americans' view something one way or another might be meaningful.
Thing is, the wants, needs, interests, etc. of USAians are run through so many representative, petty partisan, and special ...
If USA were a bona fide 'majority rule minority rights' kind of democracy, the fact a 'majority of Americans' view something one way or another might be meaningful.
Thing is, the wants, needs, interests, etc. of USAians are run through so many representative, petty partisan, and special ...
'... enough to bring a president down' is likely accurate as re a regular POTUS, i.e., one with some integrity, in normal times, i.e., those in government having some integrity.
Thing is, you have a rather irregular POTUS and integrity is rather thin with those in government.
Thing is, you have a rather irregular POTUS and integrity is rather thin with those in government.
The fact that the White House is whipping so hard to stop the Epstein files should be scandal enough to bring a president down.
Should being the operative word there because its effectively an admission of guilt.
Should being the operative word there because its effectively an admission of guilt.
Rep. Lauren Boebert says that there is “NO WAY” she will take her name off the Epstein files discharge petition.
President Trump and his administration are pressuring her to remove her name.
Via Manu Raju
President Trump and his administration are pressuring her to remove her name.
Via Manu Raju
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
'... enough to bring a president down' is likely accurate as re a regular POTUS, i.e., one with some integrity, in normal times, i.e., those in government having some integrity.
Thing is, you have a rather irregular POTUS and integrity is rather thin with those in government.
Thing is, you have a rather irregular POTUS and integrity is rather thin with those in government.
At least Trump & Co. are being transparent re their efforts, undertakings, and agenda to not be transparent.
We would say that's a small step in the right direct, except the destination being as absolute no transparency as possible is not the proper destination.
Hope the reporter said 'NO!'
We would say that's a small step in the right direct, except the destination being as absolute no transparency as possible is not the proper destination.
Hope the reporter said 'NO!'
Q: Given you answers about transparency, why are WH officials meeting with Boebert in an effort to get her to not sign the Epstein files petition?
LEAVITT: Doesn't it show transparency that members of the Trump administration are willing to brief members of Congress?
LEAVITT: Doesn't it show transparency that members of the Trump administration are willing to brief members of Congress?
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
At least Trump & Co. are being transparent re their efforts, undertakings, and agenda to not be transparent.
We would say that's a small step in the right direct, except the destination being as absolute no transparency as possible is not the proper destination.
Hope the reporter said 'NO!'
We would say that's a small step in the right direct, except the destination being as absolute no transparency as possible is not the proper destination.
Hope the reporter said 'NO!'
'... will meaningfully damage ...'!?!?
We say a snowball's change in a blast furnace.
USAians are eyeballs deep with their cognitive blindness.
Geisel penned a short treatise, 'Sneetches and Other Stories', in which the unenlightened Sneetches describe USAians very well. Well beyond Trump too.
We say a snowball's change in a blast furnace.
USAians are eyeballs deep with their cognitive blindness.
Geisel penned a short treatise, 'Sneetches and Other Stories', in which the unenlightened Sneetches describe USAians very well. Well beyond Trump too.
Raise your hand you think evidence of Trump’s involvement with Epstein’s abhorrent debauchery will meaningfully damage Trump?
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
'... will meaningfully damage ...'!?!?
We say a snowball's change in a blast furnace.
USAians are eyeballs deep with their cognitive blindness.
Geisel penned a short treatise, 'Sneetches and Other Stories', in which the unenlightened Sneetches describe USAians very well. Well beyond Trump too.
We say a snowball's change in a blast furnace.
USAians are eyeballs deep with their cognitive blindness.
Geisel penned a short treatise, 'Sneetches and Other Stories', in which the unenlightened Sneetches describe USAians very well. Well beyond Trump too.
For this Veterans Day, consider this:
There are those among you who have seen shit they can't unsee, heard shit they can't unhear, smelled shit they can't unsmell, where you can't possibly imagine that shit.
They did what was asked of them.
Don't let what they did be in vain.
There are those among you who have seen shit they can't unsee, heard shit they can't unhear, smelled shit they can't unsmell, where you can't possibly imagine that shit.
They did what was asked of them.
Don't let what they did be in vain.
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
For this Veterans Day, consider this:
There are those among you who have seen shit they can't unsee, heard shit they can't unhear, smelled shit they can't unsmell, where you can't possibly imagine that shit.
They did what was asked of them.
Don't let what they did be in vain.
There are those among you who have seen shit they can't unsee, heard shit they can't unhear, smelled shit they can't unsmell, where you can't possibly imagine that shit.
They did what was asked of them.
Don't let what they did be in vain.
McCain, in our view, deserves hero status not because of what he did or what happened to him in Vietnam (one of many) or Forrestal fire (one of very few), but that he could have opted out (at least for a while) of the conflict following the Forrestal fire. Instead he chose to join the Oriskany.
🧵20 TERRIBLE TAKES OF THE TRUMP ERA: A THREAD🧵
Donald Trump in 2015:
“[John McCain is] not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
(We could fill all 20 spots with Trump quotes, but we won’t, I promise. Moving on …)
Donald Trump in 2015:
“[John McCain is] not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
(We could fill all 20 spots with Trump quotes, but we won’t, I promise. Moving on …)
Trump: "He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured" (C-SPAN)
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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November 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
McCain, in our view, deserves hero status not because of what he did or what happened to him in Vietnam (one of many) or Forrestal fire (one of very few), but that he could have opted out (at least for a while) of the conflict following the Forrestal fire. Instead he chose to join the Oriskany.
Hey Blundell!
You should change the title to your article from 'Trump's America' to something like 'Your America' or 'Americans' America' or, simply, 'America'.
Trump may think he is King. He's not. He's just POTUS.
Know this: USA is yours, not his.
Act like it.
You should change the title to your article from 'Trump's America' to something like 'Your America' or 'Americans' America' or, simply, 'America'.
Trump may think he is King. He's not. He's just POTUS.
Know this: USA is yours, not his.
Act like it.
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hey Blundell!
You should change the title to your article from 'Trump's America' to something like 'Your America' or 'Americans' America' or, simply, 'America'.
Trump may think he is King. He's not. He's just POTUS.
Know this: USA is yours, not his.
Act like it.
You should change the title to your article from 'Trump's America' to something like 'Your America' or 'Americans' America' or, simply, 'America'.
Trump may think he is King. He's not. He's just POTUS.
Know this: USA is yours, not his.
Act like it.
'Very important to draw down Donald Trump’s approval ratings and to divide his Republican loyalists'!?!?
Wrong!
Approaches the problem backwards.
Drawing down and dividing won't cause anyone's rating to go up.
Find someone, build them up.
That'll take care of Trump.
Think non-zero sum too.
Wrong!
Approaches the problem backwards.
Drawing down and dividing won't cause anyone's rating to go up.
Find someone, build them up.
That'll take care of Trump.
Think non-zero sum too.
"If you care about democracy and the threat of fascism in America, it’s very important to draw down Donald Trump’s approval ratings and to divide his Republican loyalists in Congress. And the shutdown, as it dragged on, was exposing all kinds of divisions and vulnerabilities in the MAGA coalition."
Transcript: Trump’s Angry New Tirade Over Shutdown Should Wake Up Dems
Trump’s rant about air traffic controllers and the government shutdown showed his weakness. A sharp observer of Senate Democrats explains why they seem to be caving—and what they can do instead.
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
'Very important to draw down Donald Trump’s approval ratings and to divide his Republican loyalists'!?!?
Wrong!
Approaches the problem backwards.
Drawing down and dividing won't cause anyone's rating to go up.
Find someone, build them up.
That'll take care of Trump.
Think non-zero sum too.
Wrong!
Approaches the problem backwards.
Drawing down and dividing won't cause anyone's rating to go up.
Find someone, build them up.
That'll take care of Trump.
Think non-zero sum too.
'Biggest democracy news of the day'!?!?
Nah. Not even close.
If you gotta get the judiciary involved, democracy is failing/has failed.
'Biggest pro-democracy judicial news of the day' is probably more accurate.
Nah. Not even close.
If you gotta get the judiciary involved, democracy is failing/has failed.
'Biggest pro-democracy judicial news of the day' is probably more accurate.
The biggest democracy news of the day and its only 11am! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
'Biggest democracy news of the day'!?!?
Nah. Not even close.
If you gotta get the judiciary involved, democracy is failing/has failed.
'Biggest pro-democracy judicial news of the day' is probably more accurate.
Nah. Not even close.
If you gotta get the judiciary involved, democracy is failing/has failed.
'Biggest pro-democracy judicial news of the day' is probably more accurate.
'Truth Search AI' is kinda dumb and/or poorly educated.
Tariffs are not taxes. Tariffs, without more, may be tax like, increase costs, but not a tax.
Trump can't, we say, tell a lie. He's simply dumb and believes what he says is truth, even if false.
No evidence doesn't equal proof.
Tariffs are not taxes. Tariffs, without more, may be tax like, increase costs, but not a tax.
Trump can't, we say, tell a lie. He's simply dumb and believes what he says is truth, even if false.
No evidence doesn't equal proof.
You have got to check out this item in today's Morning Shots in which we demonstrated that Truth Social's own AI widget actually tells the truth about Donald Trump and his policies www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
'Truth Search AI' is kinda dumb and/or poorly educated.
Tariffs are not taxes. Tariffs, without more, may be tax like, increase costs, but not a tax.
Trump can't, we say, tell a lie. He's simply dumb and believes what he says is truth, even if false.
No evidence doesn't equal proof.
Tariffs are not taxes. Tariffs, without more, may be tax like, increase costs, but not a tax.
Trump can't, we say, tell a lie. He's simply dumb and believes what he says is truth, even if false.
No evidence doesn't equal proof.
Mr. Egger,
A lot in your article is spot on.
Doesn't change fact that sometimes you gotta pick your battles.
A lot in your article is spot on.
Doesn't change fact that sometimes you gotta pick your battles.
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Mr. Egger,
A lot in your article is spot on.
Doesn't change fact that sometimes you gotta pick your battles.
A lot in your article is spot on.
Doesn't change fact that sometimes you gotta pick your battles.
You might want to add a 'so far'.
(Trump's a trailblazer. There are folks taking copious notes re just how Trump is doing it and USAians keep demonstrating they are simply incompetent, incapable, or disinterested in preventing Trump from doing what Trump does. So, his playbook remains viable.)
(Trump's a trailblazer. There are folks taking copious notes re just how Trump is doing it and USAians keep demonstrating they are simply incompetent, incapable, or disinterested in preventing Trump from doing what Trump does. So, his playbook remains viable.)
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
You might want to add a 'so far'.
(Trump's a trailblazer. There are folks taking copious notes re just how Trump is doing it and USAians keep demonstrating they are simply incompetent, incapable, or disinterested in preventing Trump from doing what Trump does. So, his playbook remains viable.)
(Trump's a trailblazer. There are folks taking copious notes re just how Trump is doing it and USAians keep demonstrating they are simply incompetent, incapable, or disinterested in preventing Trump from doing what Trump does. So, his playbook remains viable.)