☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️
@schwarz.bsky.social
☀️ The most important thing to understand about politics is that Head Monkey Good, Not Bad. Stop saying Head Monkey Bad. ☀️
It's funny Tucker Carlson is just a broken-brained Bircher conspiracist. The FBI said on many occasions Thomas Crooks had a social media presence including antisemitic and anti-immigrant rhetoric. You can find this by googling in two seconds. But Carlson hates his audience & constantly lies to them.
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It's funny Tucker Carlson is just a broken-brained Bircher conspiracist. The FBI said on many occasions Thomas Crooks had a social media presence including antisemitic and anti-immigrant rhetoric. You can find this by googling in two seconds. But Carlson hates his audience & constantly lies to them.
Larry Summers was 64 years old when he had this email exchange with Jeffrey Epstein. It truly goes to show that every human being, no matter their age, wealth and power, is secretly an insecure 12 years old.
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Larry Summers was 64 years old when he had this email exchange with Jeffrey Epstein. It truly goes to show that every human being, no matter their age, wealth and power, is secretly an insecure 12 years old.
Twitter did indeed restrict free speech before Musk bought it. For instance, it froze my account in 2019 because a joke of mine made David Duke & various Nazis angry. (Now, of course, Twitter restricts free speech far more, due to Musk's intense hatred of freedom.) theintercept.com/2019/11/30/d...
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Twitter did indeed restrict free speech before Musk bought it. For instance, it froze my account in 2019 because a joke of mine made David Duke & various Nazis angry. (Now, of course, Twitter restricts free speech far more, due to Musk's intense hatred of freedom.) theintercept.com/2019/11/30/d...
Here we see a mushroom that is unfortunately afflicted with drapetomania.* It shall be eaten first, both as punishment for its defiance and as a warning to other mushrooms who may be tempted to make a similar bid for freedom.
*You can look it up
*You can look it up
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Here we see a mushroom that is unfortunately afflicted with drapetomania.* It shall be eaten first, both as punishment for its defiance and as a warning to other mushrooms who may be tempted to make a similar bid for freedom.
*You can look it up
*You can look it up
If you're curious about America's decades-long support before 9/11 for hard-right fundamentalist groups like al Qaeda — and why it makes sense we're going right back to it — a great resource is "Devil's Game: How the U.S. Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam" by Robert Dreyfuss
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
If you're curious about America's decades-long support before 9/11 for hard-right fundamentalist groups like al Qaeda — and why it makes sense we're going right back to it — a great resource is "Devil's Game: How the U.S. Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam" by Robert Dreyfuss
🎶 seems like old times 🎶
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🎶 seems like old times 🎶
America supported hard-right, fundamentalist Islamist groups for decades before 9/11 — for the obvious reason that we had common enemies: secular, nationalist groups in the mideast. We had a brief post-2001 disagreement but now we're back to our normal friendship with al Qaeda & co.
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
America supported hard-right, fundamentalist Islamist groups for decades before 9/11 — for the obvious reason that we had common enemies: secular, nationalist groups in the mideast. We had a brief post-2001 disagreement but now we're back to our normal friendship with al Qaeda & co.
History may record that America was a fervent supporter of the proto-Al Qaeda in the 1980s, then there was a brief falling out following 9/11, and then we went right back to being fervent supporters of Al Qaeda
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
History may record that America was a fervent supporter of the proto-Al Qaeda in the 1980s, then there was a brief falling out following 9/11, and then we went right back to being fervent supporters of Al Qaeda
I am like Larry Summers, in the sense that I too am a free speech absolutist with the narrow exception of when people say things I don't like
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I am like Larry Summers, in the sense that I too am a free speech absolutist with the narrow exception of when people say things I don't like
On Veterans Day I always remember my grandfather, who fought in World War II. We hear a lot about the men who landed at Normandy, but let's also recall heroes like my grandfather, who as his diary records was then still in England, playing baseball & attending lectures on VD.
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
On Veterans Day I always remember my grandfather, who fought in World War II. We hear a lot about the men who landed at Normandy, but let's also recall heroes like my grandfather, who as his diary records was then still in England, playing baseball & attending lectures on VD.
Also, I'm disappointed Paul Sperry didn't make an effort to make Lina Kahn look scarier here. Surely he could have darkened her skin or photoshopped a beard onto her. This is just a lack of initiative on Sperry's part.
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Also, I'm disappointed Paul Sperry didn't make an effort to make Lina Kahn look scarier here. Surely he could have darkened her skin or photoshopped a beard onto her. This is just a lack of initiative on Sperry's part.
It's not that significant that Paul Sperry is a gutter bigot. But he's a gutter bigot connected to the respectable corporate right. He was a fellow at the Hoover Institution, part of Stanford. Its current president is Condoleezza Rice.
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It's not that significant that Paul Sperry is a gutter bigot. But he's a gutter bigot connected to the respectable corporate right. He was a fellow at the Hoover Institution, part of Stanford. Its current president is Condoleezza Rice.
I appreciate Thomas Massie's principles, but it's important to understand that he is largely out of his mind and unable to distinguish fantasy like this from reality
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I appreciate Thomas Massie's principles, but it's important to understand that he is largely out of his mind and unable to distinguish fantasy like this from reality
Trump says he's about to unveil a fantastic new healthcare plan for everyone with lower costs, better coverage, etc. He first said this just before he was inaugurated in 2017, more than eight years ago. washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Trump says he's about to unveil a fantastic new healthcare plan for everyone with lower costs, better coverage, etc. He first said this just before he was inaugurated in 2017, more than eight years ago. washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...
It's funny to see people like Larry Summers flailing about, spending their lives calling for students to think critically and then being outraged when students use their critical thinking skills about Israel
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It's funny to see people like Larry Summers flailing about, spending their lives calling for students to think critically and then being outraged when students use their critical thinking skills about Israel
This story about Bill Clinton is from "The Truth About Camp David" by Clayton Swisher. You see that Clinton admitted to Saeb Erekat in 2001 that he'd lied when he said Arafat rejected his "parameters" for a deal—yet Clinton has continued to relentlessly lie about it during the 24 subsequent years.
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This story about Bill Clinton is from "The Truth About Camp David" by Clayton Swisher. You see that Clinton admitted to Saeb Erekat in 2001 that he'd lied when he said Arafat rejected his "parameters" for a deal—yet Clinton has continued to relentlessly lie about it during the 24 subsequent years.
Palestinian diplomat Saeb Erekat died five years ago today. Here's a funny story about Bill Clinton's vicious lies about his "parameters" for a peace deal in early 2001. Both sides said yes, both had reservations. Ever since then Clinton's lied & said Arafat rejected the deal.
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Palestinian diplomat Saeb Erekat died five years ago today. Here's a funny story about Bill Clinton's vicious lies about his "parameters" for a peace deal in early 2001. Both sides said yes, both had reservations. Ever since then Clinton's lied & said Arafat rejected the deal.
I recently made this delicious salad, using fresh broccoli sprouts in place of lettuce. Note the presence of adult broccoli as well, so the adults and little ones could spend some time together before they were all fed together screaming into my family's maw.
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I recently made this delicious salad, using fresh broccoli sprouts in place of lettuce. Note the presence of adult broccoli as well, so the adults and little ones could spend some time together before they were all fed together screaming into my family's maw.
There are 7.5 million non-Muslims in New York. For the city to become "completely Muslim" in four years, about 5,000 of us will have to flee or convert every day for 1461 days straight. Let's get started!
November 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
There are 7.5 million non-Muslims in New York. For the city to become "completely Muslim" in four years, about 5,000 of us will have to flee or convert every day for 1461 days straight. Let's get started!
New York City "will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years." About a million New Yorkers are now Muslim, with 7.5 million non-Muslims. I wonder if the non-Muslims will all flee or whether we'll be forced to convert in ceremonies on the free buses.
November 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
New York City "will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years." About a million New Yorkers are now Muslim, with 7.5 million non-Muslims. I wonder if the non-Muslims will all flee or whether we'll be forced to convert in ceremonies on the free buses.
"We lost NY." The US right is always desperately afraid of losing things. Remember when the US "lost China" in 1949 to the people who lived in China.
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"We lost NY." The US right is always desperately afraid of losing things. Remember when the US "lost China" in 1949 to the people who lived in China.
Given that the 1950s blacklists and McCarthyism were so overtly antisemitic, it's undeniably funny that the 2025's blacklists and McCarthyism are being carried out in the name of fighting antisemitism variety.com/2025/film/fe...
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Given that the 1950s blacklists and McCarthyism were so overtly antisemitic, it's undeniably funny that the 2025's blacklists and McCarthyism are being carried out in the name of fighting antisemitism variety.com/2025/film/fe...
"no, blood for oil!"
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"no, blood for oil!"
The coming attack on Mamdani by Trump, the right & a big chunk of the Democratic Party is going to be BANANAS. When Chile elected a socialist in 1970, Nixon & co. decided they'd use US power to "make the economy scream." That will be the game plan here, to punish NYers for voting wrong.
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The coming attack on Mamdani by Trump, the right & a big chunk of the Democratic Party is going to be BANANAS. When Chile elected a socialist in 1970, Nixon & co. decided they'd use US power to "make the economy scream." That will be the game plan here, to punish NYers for voting wrong.
I realize Jimmy Carr's whole shtick is edginess, but getting paid by Saudi Arabia — which arguably committed genocide in Yemen — to come tell them this joke in Riyadh must be one of the grossest things in the history of comedy theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I realize Jimmy Carr's whole shtick is edginess, but getting paid by Saudi Arabia — which arguably committed genocide in Yemen — to come tell them this joke in Riyadh must be one of the grossest things in the history of comedy theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...