Taquito Jones
@tqto.bsky.social
Globally recognized expert. Specialist. Three time northeast regional quarter-finalist. Trainer of champion racing cats.
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Taquito Jones
@tqto.bsky.social
· Oct 30
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
We must bear witness.
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Convicted Felon Trump is the Pardon Peddler & it’ll cost you a pretty penny, if you’ve got it.
My latest on how the pardon of former Rep. Henry Cuellar blew up in Trump’s face & how there's a whole cottage industry being built on Trump handing out pardons like candy.
youtu.be/xoLUt-WLGIo?...
My latest on how the pardon of former Rep. Henry Cuellar blew up in Trump’s face & how there's a whole cottage industry being built on Trump handing out pardons like candy.
youtu.be/xoLUt-WLGIo?...
Trump’s Latest PARDON BLOWS UP as Bribery SCHEME EXPLODES
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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December 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Convicted Felon Trump is the Pardon Peddler & it’ll cost you a pretty penny, if you’ve got it.
My latest on how the pardon of former Rep. Henry Cuellar blew up in Trump’s face & how there's a whole cottage industry being built on Trump handing out pardons like candy.
youtu.be/xoLUt-WLGIo?...
My latest on how the pardon of former Rep. Henry Cuellar blew up in Trump’s face & how there's a whole cottage industry being built on Trump handing out pardons like candy.
youtu.be/xoLUt-WLGIo?...
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@captmarkkelly.bsky.social @gallego.senate.gov
What can be done to make this bs stop? Now they’re setting attack dogs on these poor people!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
What can be done to make this bs stop? Now they’re setting attack dogs on these poor people!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
December 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social @gallego.senate.gov
What can be done to make this bs stop? Now they’re setting attack dogs on these poor people!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
What can be done to make this bs stop? Now they’re setting attack dogs on these poor people!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
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December 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk did the math Europe's politicians haven't.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk did the math Europe's politicians haven't.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
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This could probably be done with simple legislation. Article 3 says almost nothing about how the Supreme Court operates. It mentions that a chief justice will exist, but that’s about it. There are essentially no constitutional rules about how they hear or decide cases.
I'm going to keep saying this in my effort to speak it into reality: Supreme Court should have at least 100 Justices with rotating panels (and maybe an en banc option). No single Justice should have so much power and they shouldn't be names everyone knows.
A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This could probably be done with simple legislation. Article 3 says almost nothing about how the Supreme Court operates. It mentions that a chief justice will exist, but that’s about it. There are essentially no constitutional rules about how they hear or decide cases.
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Trump will die before the full realization of American fascism is reached. These are the birth pangs. It will get so much worse unless we do something. We should and we must.
Take stock of what this feels like, how unacceptable this is. Devote yourself to fighting it.
Take stock of what this feels like, how unacceptable this is. Devote yourself to fighting it.
December 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Trump will die before the full realization of American fascism is reached. These are the birth pangs. It will get so much worse unless we do something. We should and we must.
Take stock of what this feels like, how unacceptable this is. Devote yourself to fighting it.
Take stock of what this feels like, how unacceptable this is. Devote yourself to fighting it.
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ICE isn’t “protecting communities” — it’s terrorizing them. Armed agents hunting workers for their skin color or speaking Spanish isn’t law enforcement, it’s state sanctioned fear. We are a nation built by immigrants, founded on immigration itself. The moment we forget that, we lose our soul!
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
ICE isn’t “protecting communities” — it’s terrorizing them. Armed agents hunting workers for their skin color or speaking Spanish isn’t law enforcement, it’s state sanctioned fear. We are a nation built by immigrants, founded on immigration itself. The moment we forget that, we lose our soul!
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What will America look like if this monstrous racist behavior is allowed to continue and get worse for another three years?
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What will America look like if this monstrous racist behavior is allowed to continue and get worse for another three years?
“I Got Paid $17/hr to Discredit Veganism Online”
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“I Got Paid $17/hr to Discredit Veganism Online”
A whistleblower just exposed Big Meat's smear campaign
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December 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“I Got Paid $17/hr to Discredit Veganism Online”
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Cartoon: Couples therapy www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Cartoon: Couples therapy
A cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
Related |� Mike Johnson looks like an idiot after the Epstein ...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Cartoon: Couples therapy www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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100 DAYS FROM THE PARALYMPICS
We are officially 100 days away from the Milano Cortina Paralympics.
And I’m thrilled to share I’ll be providing coverage for a 5th consecutive Games from Italy. Can’t wait to once again share the stories of all the extraordinary athletes.
We are officially 100 days away from the Milano Cortina Paralympics.
And I’m thrilled to share I’ll be providing coverage for a 5th consecutive Games from Italy. Can’t wait to once again share the stories of all the extraordinary athletes.
November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
100 DAYS FROM THE PARALYMPICS
We are officially 100 days away from the Milano Cortina Paralympics.
And I’m thrilled to share I’ll be providing coverage for a 5th consecutive Games from Italy. Can’t wait to once again share the stories of all the extraordinary athletes.
We are officially 100 days away from the Milano Cortina Paralympics.
And I’m thrilled to share I’ll be providing coverage for a 5th consecutive Games from Italy. Can’t wait to once again share the stories of all the extraordinary athletes.
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I wrote about Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito's massive conflicts of interest re: the climate deception cases that Big Oil is desperately trying to get the Supreme Court to step in and dismiss. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That.
Oil companies want the Supreme Court to intervene to dismiss lawsuits about climate change. Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito both have big conflicts of interest on that front.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I wrote about Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito's massive conflicts of interest re: the climate deception cases that Big Oil is desperately trying to get the Supreme Court to step in and dismiss. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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It is truly disgusting how trump keeps disrespecting women journalists in those press briefings, and not ONE other journalist calls him out.
They should all walk out when he tells a reporter "Quiet, Piggy," or shouts "YOU'RE STUPID" at another.
Where are your fucking SPINES?
They should all walk out when he tells a reporter "Quiet, Piggy," or shouts "YOU'RE STUPID" at another.
Where are your fucking SPINES?
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It is truly disgusting how trump keeps disrespecting women journalists in those press briefings, and not ONE other journalist calls him out.
They should all walk out when he tells a reporter "Quiet, Piggy," or shouts "YOU'RE STUPID" at another.
Where are your fucking SPINES?
They should all walk out when he tells a reporter "Quiet, Piggy," or shouts "YOU'RE STUPID" at another.
Where are your fucking SPINES?
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Good piece from a Middle East expert.
After the recent US-Saudi Investment Summit, the White House heralded $1 trillion in business deals. But the deals raise questions about protection of sensitive data, control of technology, and Saudi Arabia's desire for a domestic uranium enrichment program, writes Rachel Bronson @rb312.bsky.social.
The pomp, circumstance, benefits, and costs of the trillion-dollar US-Saudi Investment Summit
After the recent US-Saudi Investment Summit, the White House heralded $1 trillion in business deals that give the US tech sector a central role. But the deals also carry an array of potential risks,…
thebulletin.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Good piece from a Middle East expert.
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Many concept Pontiacs never made it to production. Five of them are the Banshee XP-833, the Pegasus, the Trans Am Kammback, the Rageous, and the Solstice SD290.
5 Concept Pontiacs That Never Made It To Production - Jalopnik
www.jalopnik.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Many concept Pontiacs never made it to production. Five of them are the Banshee XP-833, the Pegasus, the Trans Am Kammback, the Rageous, and the Solstice SD290.
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The last few years have been an endless series of “somebody could have done something heroic yet did the exact opposite instead.”
yeah it’s bad that Lizza has been sitting on this for so long but also how cursory and inept was that Vox investigation that not only managed to miss the biggest scandal in the history of American political journalism but affirmatively exonerated her bsky.app/profile/bkel...
So the editor of New York Magazine said there was no bias or ethical problems with Olivia's articles?
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The last few years have been an endless series of “somebody could have done something heroic yet did the exact opposite instead.”
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This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
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The thing with car culture is that you create a social model where every human being is, by default, disabled and cannot meet their daily needs without a mobility device. People have a relationship to their car more akin to a wheelchair than to a train. That's a problem.
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The thing with car culture is that you create a social model where every human being is, by default, disabled and cannot meet their daily needs without a mobility device. People have a relationship to their car more akin to a wheelchair than to a train. That's a problem.
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How to be a good explorer in the lifelong expedition to yourself www.themarginalian.org/2025/10/13/p...
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
How to be a good explorer in the lifelong expedition to yourself www.themarginalian.org/2025/10/13/p...
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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can’t stop thinking about “quiet piggy” and what an uproar that would’ve caused in any other news environment
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
can’t stop thinking about “quiet piggy” and what an uproar that would’ve caused in any other news environment