Just Jay Ess
@justjayess.bsky.social
Lawyer. Tar Heel in Delco PA. Here for politics, comedy (but I repeat myself), travel, cats, Carolina Basketball, and feminism. “Just do your best; it’s the only way to keep that last bit of sanity” - The Avett Bros
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NEW: The IG report on SignalGate is out. Hegseth sent classified information out on an unclassified Signal chat and put our troops in harms way. Hegseth says he retroactively "declassified" it so it doesn't count. You can read the findings here: media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
NEW: The IG report on SignalGate is out. Hegseth sent classified information out on an unclassified Signal chat and put our troops in harms way. Hegseth says he retroactively "declassified" it so it doesn't count. You can read the findings here: media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
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I’m just a foreign policy wonk, standing in front of the GOP, asking them to read at least one fucking book about the history of US interventions in Latin America. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I’m just a foreign policy wonk, standing in front of the GOP, asking them to read at least one fucking book about the history of US interventions in Latin America. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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the thing is, you fell for the lies that any of this was the reason youre an unfuckable shit head…youre a dumb piece of shit that let a group off grifters exploit your own hatred and bigotry so they could accumulate power and funnel money into their own bank accounts
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
the thing is, you fell for the lies that any of this was the reason youre an unfuckable shit head…youre a dumb piece of shit that let a group off grifters exploit your own hatred and bigotry so they could accumulate power and funnel money into their own bank accounts
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oh wow you mean rounding up day laborers outside home depot or extorting universities into donating to his library hasnt improved your material conditions? what about how trans kids cant play jv volleyball anymore, did that help you at all? who could have known
The Trump they're getting isn't the one they voted for.
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
oh wow you mean rounding up day laborers outside home depot or extorting universities into donating to his library hasnt improved your material conditions? what about how trans kids cant play jv volleyball anymore, did that help you at all? who could have known
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The creators of Franklin respond to Hegseth’s use of his image.
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The creators of Franklin respond to Hegseth’s use of his image.
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"Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself"
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”
The latest from George F. Will:
The latest from George F. Will:
Opinion | This moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
wapo.st
December 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself"
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
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I’m still unsure about using an indictment as a document of undisputed evidence as a prelude for military action without congressional authorization, but I’m just a simple country law professor.
Marco Rubio on Maduro: "He's into the drug business. By the way, it's not me saying it. I'm not just making this up. This was an indictment that came out of the Southern District of New York back in 2020. An indictment! It was undisputed."
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I’m still unsure about using an indictment as a document of undisputed evidence as a prelude for military action without congressional authorization, but I’m just a simple country law professor.
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😁 sure, look over there
December 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
😁 sure, look over there
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This second strike episode, wherever it leads, epitomizes the Trump presidency.
Lying.
Blaming subordinates.
No respect for Congress.
Toughness only toward those you know can’t fight back.
Lying.
Blaming subordinates.
No respect for Congress.
Toughness only toward those you know can’t fight back.
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This second strike episode, wherever it leads, epitomizes the Trump presidency.
Lying.
Blaming subordinates.
No respect for Congress.
Toughness only toward those you know can’t fight back.
Lying.
Blaming subordinates.
No respect for Congress.
Toughness only toward those you know can’t fight back.
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Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
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Someone's spiraling extra quick!
The felon in chief "truthed, and retruthed" hundreds of times in just one hour.
I wonder what could possibly have him so agitated. Aside from the alzheimers, chf, renal failure and war crimes/murder in international waters.
#SheShed
The felon in chief "truthed, and retruthed" hundreds of times in just one hour.
I wonder what could possibly have him so agitated. Aside from the alzheimers, chf, renal failure and war crimes/murder in international waters.
#SheShed
December 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Someone's spiraling extra quick!
The felon in chief "truthed, and retruthed" hundreds of times in just one hour.
I wonder what could possibly have him so agitated. Aside from the alzheimers, chf, renal failure and war crimes/murder in international waters.
#SheShed
The felon in chief "truthed, and retruthed" hundreds of times in just one hour.
I wonder what could possibly have him so agitated. Aside from the alzheimers, chf, renal failure and war crimes/murder in international waters.
#SheShed
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If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
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He wasn't arrested because "someone" sold drugs, but because HE did!
He was convicted, in court, BY A JURY that heard the evidence against him AND his defense, and decided he was guilty.
He was convicted, in court, BY A JURY that heard the evidence against him AND his defense, and decided he was guilty.
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
He wasn't arrested because "someone" sold drugs, but because HE did!
He was convicted, in court, BY A JURY that heard the evidence against him AND his defense, and decided he was guilty.
He was convicted, in court, BY A JURY that heard the evidence against him AND his defense, and decided he was guilty.
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Let me say this plainly: If any other country had done this, we would call it what it is, a war crime. Because that is exactly what it was.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
Secretary of War Crimes
We need to call this shit out for what it is.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Let me say this plainly: If any other country had done this, we would call it what it is, a war crime. Because that is exactly what it was.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
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This tired, deeply-damaged man is so needy. He has to have references to him being president on his hat, on his shirt, and on a golf-framed placard next to his overcooked cheeseburger he's almost too-out-of-it to eat.
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This tired, deeply-damaged man is so needy. He has to have references to him being president on his hat, on his shirt, and on a golf-framed placard next to his overcooked cheeseburger he's almost too-out-of-it to eat.
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Even a decade ago I'd have far sooner predicted that the US would succumb to authoritarian rule than that it would become a state where vaccines were unavailable.
But if we don't throw RFK Jr. out on his ass, we're headed there fast.
But if we don't throw RFK Jr. out on his ass, we're headed there fast.
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
A Kennedy adviser said he wants to preserve the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The health secretary's anti-vaccine allies prefer it collapse.
www.politico.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Even a decade ago I'd have far sooner predicted that the US would succumb to authoritarian rule than that it would become a state where vaccines were unavailable.
But if we don't throw RFK Jr. out on his ass, we're headed there fast.
But if we don't throw RFK Jr. out on his ass, we're headed there fast.
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
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Trump lied to the nation yet again. He assured us, repeatedly, that this man had never been vetted.
Clearly he knew that was a lie, but he also wanted to use the death of a soldier to advance his own personal political agenda.
He is the scum of the Earth—and that is inarguable.
Clearly he knew that was a lie, but he also wanted to use the death of a soldier to advance his own personal political agenda.
He is the scum of the Earth—and that is inarguable.
November 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Trump lied to the nation yet again. He assured us, repeatedly, that this man had never been vetted.
Clearly he knew that was a lie, but he also wanted to use the death of a soldier to advance his own personal political agenda.
He is the scum of the Earth—and that is inarguable.
Clearly he knew that was a lie, but he also wanted to use the death of a soldier to advance his own personal political agenda.
He is the scum of the Earth—and that is inarguable.
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As the Trump administration clumsily moves toward an unnecessary and irresponsible and narcissistic war with Venezuela, I want to take a brief moment to offer this sentiment to those who voted for him over VP Harris because they believed it would keep us out of unnecessary wars:
FUCK. YOU.
FUCK. YOU.
November 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
As the Trump administration clumsily moves toward an unnecessary and irresponsible and narcissistic war with Venezuela, I want to take a brief moment to offer this sentiment to those who voted for him over VP Harris because they believed it would keep us out of unnecessary wars:
FUCK. YOU.
FUCK. YOU.
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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Is the reason they had to dig back to 2019 because Trump is golfing?
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Is the reason they had to dig back to 2019 because Trump is golfing?
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Cold blooded murder.
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Cold blooded murder.
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The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..