Jonathan Wagner
@mrjwags.bsky.social
NYC-based Actor/Musician at The Second City NY
WORKING ON: #SarahAndTheSeed #TheDohyo
I love the SacKings, sumo and cats.
WORKING ON: #SarahAndTheSeed #TheDohyo
I love the SacKings, sumo and cats.
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
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This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
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“Underaged women” is the biggest oxymoron in the history of the world.
He didn’t “have sex” with “underaged women”, he raped children.
He didn’t “have sex” with “underaged women”, he raped children.
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
“Underaged women” is the biggest oxymoron in the history of the world.
He didn’t “have sex” with “underaged women”, he raped children.
He didn’t “have sex” with “underaged women”, he raped children.
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It’s weird to feel good after an election. Want more of this.
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It’s weird to feel good after an election. Want more of this.
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My little Chicagoan heart is swelling with pride at the barefoot guy in Blackhawks pajama pants who clearly just ran directly out of his house to call ICE agents Nazis to their faces and scare them back into their cars
October 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My little Chicagoan heart is swelling with pride at the barefoot guy in Blackhawks pajama pants who clearly just ran directly out of his house to call ICE agents Nazis to their faces and scare them back into their cars
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At this point, if you're interviewing a Republican about the president's latest transgression and you *don't* have the video or post or whatever cued up and ready to show them when they pretend they haven't seen it yet -- I'm just going to assume you're in on the con yourself.
October 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
At this point, if you're interviewing a Republican about the president's latest transgression and you *don't* have the video or post or whatever cued up and ready to show them when they pretend they haven't seen it yet -- I'm just going to assume you're in on the con yourself.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
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Brett Kavanaugh assures me this is the sort of minor inconvenience that shouldn't disturb anyone.
This is terrifying!
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
October 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Brett Kavanaugh assures me this is the sort of minor inconvenience that shouldn't disturb anyone.
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At the same time: unfuckingbelievable, and par for the course
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
At the same time: unfuckingbelievable, and par for the course
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Michael Moore had a bit on his old show TV Nation called Love Night where he just sent singing telegrams and mariachi bands and pony rides to hate rallies and the Westboro Church and the image of just everyone being nice and in joyful revelry next to them made them FURIOUS
Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question
October 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Michael Moore had a bit on his old show TV Nation called Love Night where he just sent singing telegrams and mariachi bands and pony rides to hate rallies and the Westboro Church and the image of just everyone being nice and in joyful revelry next to them made them FURIOUS
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Even if you support massive deportation operations, under no circumstances should ANYONE be ok with US citizens being forcibly removed from their homes and detained without explanation.
This is a clear violation of their constitutional rights and should universally condemned.
This is a clear violation of their constitutional rights and should universally condemned.
October 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Even if you support massive deportation operations, under no circumstances should ANYONE be ok with US citizens being forcibly removed from their homes and detained without explanation.
This is a clear violation of their constitutional rights and should universally condemned.
This is a clear violation of their constitutional rights and should universally condemned.
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Sumo Stabilio Pencil Notebook #65, page 19 2025 September, Day 4 Hakuōhō Tetsuya 落合 vs Ōnosato Daiki 大の里
October 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Sumo Stabilio Pencil Notebook #65, page 19 2025 September, Day 4 Hakuōhō Tetsuya 落合 vs Ōnosato Daiki 大の里
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NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
September 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
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People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
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Conservatives love to darkly say stuff like “you aren’t prepared for what’s next, we’re not going to be moderate anymore, you have no idea what you’ve unleashed” and then cry like babies when you call them fascists
September 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Conservatives love to darkly say stuff like “you aren’t prepared for what’s next, we’re not going to be moderate anymore, you have no idea what you’ve unleashed” and then cry like babies when you call them fascists
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It’s true that you’re probably not going to convert someone by roundly humiliating them for being a moron - but you’ll convert a lot of people who may have silently agreed in a totally permissive environment, but do not want to end up similarly labeled a moron.
September 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It’s true that you’re probably not going to convert someone by roundly humiliating them for being a moron - but you’ll convert a lot of people who may have silently agreed in a totally permissive environment, but do not want to end up similarly labeled a moron.
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it's absolutely critical to understand in this moment that people aren't largely reacting to who Charlie Kirk was as a person, but who they knew him as because of what tiny pieces of him got clipped out and stuck in their newsfeeds.
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
September 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
it's absolutely critical to understand in this moment that people aren't largely reacting to who Charlie Kirk was as a person, but who they knew him as because of what tiny pieces of him got clipped out and stuck in their newsfeeds.
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We must call politicial violence what it is: evil and an attack on our most fundamental values.
The shooting of Charlie Kirk today in Utah must be condemned by all. My heart is with Charlie Kirk, his family, and all those who are impacted.
The shooting of Charlie Kirk today in Utah must be condemned by all. My heart is with Charlie Kirk, his family, and all those who are impacted.
September 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We must call politicial violence what it is: evil and an attack on our most fundamental values.
The shooting of Charlie Kirk today in Utah must be condemned by all. My heart is with Charlie Kirk, his family, and all those who are impacted.
The shooting of Charlie Kirk today in Utah must be condemned by all. My heart is with Charlie Kirk, his family, and all those who are impacted.
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It is incredibly simple to acknowledge that violence in any form is awful and erodes society.
September 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It is incredibly simple to acknowledge that violence in any form is awful and erodes society.
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The far right has been looking for a reason to commit mass political violence and it’s extremely important to unite around the principle that all political violence in America is unthinkable and unacceptable.
September 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The far right has been looking for a reason to commit mass political violence and it’s extremely important to unite around the principle that all political violence in America is unthinkable and unacceptable.
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You can tell he’s a big strong macho guy by how he’s hiding his face in a mask and running away after pushing someone down
The Department of Homeland Security cowardly pushed people around at the Portland protest.
September 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
You can tell he’s a big strong macho guy by how he’s hiding his face in a mask and running away after pushing someone down
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Somehow, the constellation of highly-educated and influential people who spent years extremely concerned about things like inclusion trainings seem mostly unbothered by the creation of an ideological regime that uses the power of the state to punish even trivial expressions of liberal tolerance.
September 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Somehow, the constellation of highly-educated and influential people who spent years extremely concerned about things like inclusion trainings seem mostly unbothered by the creation of an ideological regime that uses the power of the state to punish even trivial expressions of liberal tolerance.
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Not a great sign when the NRA is doing more to speak up against trans people having constitutional rights stripped away than a lot of our actual supposed allies are.
Oh my god, Trump actually got the NRA to come out to defend trans people owning a gun.
September 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Not a great sign when the NRA is doing more to speak up against trans people having constitutional rights stripped away than a lot of our actual supposed allies are.