Mondaire Jones
@mondairejones.bsky.social
Member, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Attorney. Former Congressman, NY-17. Champion for democracy and working families. A better world is possible.
This week, Republicans in Congress have been feigning outrage over a video of six Democrats simply reciting existing law, pretending it’s unfathomable the Trump Administration would ever issue illegal orders.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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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.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This week, Republicans in Congress have been feigning outrage over a video of six Democrats simply reciting existing law, pretending it’s unfathomable the Trump Administration would ever issue illegal orders.
Some Republicans are issuing statements disagreeing with Trump’s weaponization of the government against Democrats who reminded servicemembers they don’t have to follow illegal orders. But will they hold hearings? Stop funding the President’s illegal activities? Stop confirming his nominees?
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Some Republicans are issuing statements disagreeing with Trump’s weaponization of the government against Democrats who reminded servicemembers they don’t have to follow illegal orders. But will they hold hearings? Stop funding the President’s illegal activities? Stop confirming his nominees?
Today was a movie.
Breaking News: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she would resign from Congress, days after President Trump called her a “traitor.” nyti.ms/4o71Flz
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Today was a movie.
With the American people clearly on their side, Senate Democrats allowing Republicans to double and, in some instances, triple health insurance premiums for tens of millions of Americans is a hell of a choice.
Senate Democrats asked for a year of ACA subsidies and were told to fuck off.
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
From what I have seen so far this does not seem like a good deal:
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
With the American people clearly on their side, Senate Democrats allowing Republicans to double and, in some instances, triple health insurance premiums for tens of millions of Americans is a hell of a choice.
@nealkatyal.bsky.social is doing an excellent job in oral argument against Trump’s tariffs. He’s a master at this.
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
@nealkatyal.bsky.social is doing an excellent job in oral argument against Trump’s tariffs. He’s a master at this.
Not to put any faith, whatsoever, in the independence of this far-right Supreme Court majority, but it’s hard not to read the skepticism of Barrett and Roberts in today’s oral argument over Trump’s clearly illegal tariffs outside the context of last night’s election results.
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Not to put any faith, whatsoever, in the independence of this far-right Supreme Court majority, but it’s hard not to read the skepticism of Barrett and Roberts in today’s oral argument over Trump’s clearly illegal tariffs outside the context of last night’s election results.
Last night’s Democratic sweep only makes it more likely that Donald Trump will try to subvert the 2026 midterm elections. Democrats need a plan to stop that.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Last night’s Democratic sweep only makes it more likely that Donald Trump will try to subvert the 2026 midterm elections. Democrats need a plan to stop that.
The impacts of the Trump Administration delaying SNAP benefits aren’t limited to food assistance. As the Texas Diaper Bank has noted, families that budgeted for SNAP are now having to shift funds they would have used on diapers to cover the cost of meals. This is devastating.
November 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The impacts of the Trump Administration delaying SNAP benefits aren’t limited to food assistance. As the Texas Diaper Bank has noted, families that budgeted for SNAP are now having to shift funds they would have used on diapers to cover the cost of meals. This is devastating.
Donald Trump has been renovating the White House with marble and gold and throwing Great Gatsby-themed parties with billionaires, while millions of Americans are at risk of starvation because he needed two court orders to tell him to disburse food stamps. He doesn’t care about working people.
November 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Donald Trump has been renovating the White House with marble and gold and throwing Great Gatsby-themed parties with billionaires, while millions of Americans are at risk of starvation because he needed two court orders to tell him to disburse food stamps. He doesn’t care about working people.
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Donald Trump and the Republicans now wholly own any delay or denial of SNAP benefits.
They were ordered to disburse those benefits by *2* federal judges.
Whether/When they do so will solely determine if millions of Americans go hungry.
They were ordered to disburse those benefits by *2* federal judges.
Whether/When they do so will solely determine if millions of Americans go hungry.
With two different judges ordering the Trump Administration to disburse SNAP benefits, Republicans can’t blame Democrats for millions of Americans going hungry during this government shutdown. It’s bad enough they voted to cut SNAP funding by $186 billion earlier this year.
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Donald Trump and the Republicans now wholly own any delay or denial of SNAP benefits.
They were ordered to disburse those benefits by *2* federal judges.
Whether/When they do so will solely determine if millions of Americans go hungry.
They were ordered to disburse those benefits by *2* federal judges.
Whether/When they do so will solely determine if millions of Americans go hungry.
With two different judges ordering the Trump Administration to disburse SNAP benefits, Republicans can’t blame Democrats for millions of Americans going hungry during this government shutdown. It’s bad enough they voted to cut SNAP funding by $186 billion earlier this year.
November 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
With two different judges ordering the Trump Administration to disburse SNAP benefits, Republicans can’t blame Democrats for millions of Americans going hungry during this government shutdown. It’s bad enough they voted to cut SNAP funding by $186 billion earlier this year.
Antifa is not a real danger, but you know what is? White supremacist violent extremism, which then-FBI Director Christopher Wray—a Republican—described as the number one domestic terror threat in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee a few years ago.
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Antifa is not a real danger, but you know what is? White supremacist violent extremism, which then-FBI Director Christopher Wray—a Republican—described as the number one domestic terror threat in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee a few years ago.
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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
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October 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Federal Reserve officials meet later this month to decide whether to cut interest rates and the Trump Administration is withholding a key labor report that will help them do their jobs. The administration is hiding data that will show how Trump’s tariffs are hurting job growth—and raising prices.
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Federal Reserve officials meet later this month to decide whether to cut interest rates and the Trump Administration is withholding a key labor report that will help them do their jobs. The administration is hiding data that will show how Trump’s tariffs are hurting job growth—and raising prices.
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Finally someone in the media with some common sense.
The polling is clear: Republicans are to blame for this government shutdown. The American people understand that Democrats fighting to prevent their health care premiums from doubling and even tripling is a battle worth having. Democrats in Congress are finally doing something right.
October 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Finally someone in the media with some common sense.
The polling is clear: Republicans are to blame for this government shutdown. The American people understand that Democrats fighting to prevent their health care premiums from doubling and even tripling is a battle worth having. Democrats in Congress are finally doing something right.
October 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The polling is clear: Republicans are to blame for this government shutdown. The American people understand that Democrats fighting to prevent their health care premiums from doubling and even tripling is a battle worth having. Democrats in Congress are finally doing something right.
The Trump Administration is threatening to fire tens of thousands of federal workers while the government is shut down. The problem is that would clearly be illegal under existing law.
October 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The Trump Administration is threatening to fire tens of thousands of federal workers while the government is shut down. The problem is that would clearly be illegal under existing law.
DOJ’s politically motivated investigations into George Soros and other perceived enemies of Donald Trump is the actual weaponization of government that Republicans lied about happening in the Biden era. Those lies were a pretext to destroy our democracy once Trump took office. I warned about this.
September 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
DOJ’s politically motivated investigations into George Soros and other perceived enemies of Donald Trump is the actual weaponization of government that Republicans lied about happening in the Biden era. Those lies were a pretext to destroy our democracy once Trump took office. I warned about this.
President Trump is bringing the U.S. economy closer and closer to a recession. In addition to raising prices for consumers, his tariffs have resulted in the lowest levels of job creation in years and caused companies to reduce their investments in the United States.
September 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
President Trump is bringing the U.S. economy closer and closer to a recession. In addition to raising prices for consumers, his tariffs have resulted in the lowest levels of job creation in years and caused companies to reduce their investments in the United States.
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This is what happens when you obliterate the presumption of regularity.
Endless homework assignments because the court can't trust the government to follow orders in good faith.
Endless homework assignments because the court can't trust the government to follow orders in good faith.
MORE: Judge Sooknanan order DOJ to file yet another status report.
She sets 10:45 pm deadline for Ensign to address whether all of the children have been returned to ORR custody.
She sets 10:45 pm deadline for Ensign to address whether all of the children have been returned to ORR custody.
September 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is what happens when you obliterate the presumption of regularity.
Endless homework assignments because the court can't trust the government to follow orders in good faith.
Endless homework assignments because the court can't trust the government to follow orders in good faith.
The Republican agenda of higher costs and taking away constitutional rights isn’t going so well. That’s why town halls are off the rails and Senators like Joni Ernst and Tom Tillis are not seeking reelection. It’s a shame the rest of America has to pay the price for their lack of integrity.
August 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The Republican agenda of higher costs and taking away constitutional rights isn’t going so well. That’s why town halls are off the rails and Senators like Joni Ernst and Tom Tillis are not seeking reelection. It’s a shame the rest of America has to pay the price for their lack of integrity.
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Sir you are absolutely correct! Watching you this moment on the Weekend Primetime PLEASE get your message out to all the Democrats! Maybe our country will stand a chance to survive…
August 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Sir you are absolutely correct! Watching you this moment on the Weekend Primetime PLEASE get your message out to all the Democrats! Maybe our country will stand a chance to survive…
It’s only in America that we have an epidemic of mass shootings. And the discussion around these shootings is only political because Republicans in Congress and the White House oppose commonsense, lifesaving measures like an assault weapons ban and universal background checks.
August 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It’s only in America that we have an epidemic of mass shootings. And the discussion around these shootings is only political because Republicans in Congress and the White House oppose commonsense, lifesaving measures like an assault weapons ban and universal background checks.
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Is there a solution to decrease gun violence? 'Assault weapons ban would go a long way': @mondairejones.bsky.social
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Is there a solution to decrease gun violence? 'Assault weapons ban would go a long way': Jones
Senior Staff Writer at The Trace Mike Spies, former Rep. Mondaire Jones and Marc Short, former Chief of Staff for VP Mike Pence, join Katy Tur to discuss the gun violence epidemic in America after the...
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August 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Is there a solution to decrease gun violence? 'Assault weapons ban would go a long way': @mondairejones.bsky.social
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An article from FedScoop talks about a @usccrgov.bsky.social report on the Federal use of Facial Recognition Technology. This report was released after completing an investigation led by USCCR Commissioner @mondairejones.bsky.social.
Report: usccr.gov/reports/2024...
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Public housing reps want HUD guidance on facial recognition, GAO says
But the watchdog said the agency has “no plans” to update a September 2023 letter on the technology.
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August 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
An article from FedScoop talks about a @usccrgov.bsky.social report on the Federal use of Facial Recognition Technology. This report was released after completing an investigation led by USCCR Commissioner @mondairejones.bsky.social.
Report: usccr.gov/reports/2024...
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Report: usccr.gov/reports/2024...
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